Fort Shaw Elem School

Fort Shaw Elem School is a small elementary school in Fort Shaw, Montana. Its 88 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 47% smaller than the 167 average for elementary schools in Montana.

Sun River Valley Elem is made up of 3 schools with 154 students in all.

Fort Shaw Elem School enrolls a student body that is 85% White. After that, the student body is 6% Native American, 5% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. For comparison, Cascade County is about 84% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Fort Shaw Elem School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 27%.

Federal staffing data show 10.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Fort Shaw Elem School and a ratio of 8.5:1. That ratio is under the 11.9:1 average for elementary schools in Montana. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 44% of students. The rate at public schools in Cascade County averages 54%, higher than here.

County data help place the school in context: in Cascade County, median household income is about $67,690, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The public schools of Cascade County number 45 and enroll about 11,577.

Cascade Colony School is the closest public school, about 4.9 miles away in a straight line. Fort Shaw Elem School is one of several public schools in the area, with 5 others within ten miles.

Federal data place Fort Shaw Elem School in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 92 to 88. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 8.5:1, from 11.5:1.

Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.