Frazer 7-8

Set in Frazer, Montana, Frazer 7-8 is a very small middle-grades school, operated by Frazer Elem. It hosts 14 students across grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Montana's public schools average about 139 students each, so Frazer 7-8 sits 90% below that benchmark.

Frazer Elem runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 77 students. Frazer 7-8 is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Frazer 7-8 lists that 100% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.3:1, putting Frazer 7-8 tighter than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Valley County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Valley County shows median household earnings sit near $71,695, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Valley County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,115 students), of which Frazer 7-8 is one.

Nearest neighbor: Frazer Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Frazer 7-8 has decreased 70%, going from 46 students in 2018 to 14 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 6.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Frazer 7-8 community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.