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Frenchtown High School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Frenchtown High School
Located at 17620 Frontage Road, in Frenchtown, Montana, Frenchtown High School is a sizable senior high that hosts 364 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Frenchtown K-12 Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 53% bigger than the state mean of about 238.
Frenchtown K-12 Schools runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,314 students. Frenchtown High School is one of those campuses.
On demographics, Frenchtown High School logs that nearly all students (85%) are White. The remainder looks like 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. Compared to Missoula County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at school resources, Frenchtown High School lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.7:1. The state averages around 11.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Missoula County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Missoula County indicate the typical household earns roughly $75,598 per year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Frenchtown High School is one of 47 public schools in Missoula County (combined enrollment of about 14,099 students).
Frenchtown 6-8 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The campus sits in a countryside setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Frenchtown High School has fell 12%, going from 412 students in 2018 to 364 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 91% to 85%. Class-load math has grew: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 22.7:1 in 2025.
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