Grass Range 7-8

Grass Range 7-8, a tiny middle school in Grass Range, Montana, operated by Grass Range Elem, enrolls 9 students, covering grades 7 through 8. That puts it 94% leaner than the typical public school in Montana, which averages around 139 students.

Grass Range Elem comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 54 students; Grass Range 7-8 is among them.

On the student-mix side, Grass Range 7-8 logs that White students make up the majority at 78%; the rest breaks down as 11% Asian, 11% Native American. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 93%.

On the resource side, Grass Range 7-8 reports 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 5.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.3:1 average. Roughly 33% of students at Grass Range 7-8 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Fergus County (around 47%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Fergus County) records that median household earnings sit near $63,706, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Fergus County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,605 students), of which Grass Range 7-8 is one.

Nearest neighbor: Grass Range School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Grass Range 7-8.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Grass Range 7-8's enrollment has grew 13% since 2018, when it stood at 8 (now 9). Over the same period, the White share declined from 100% to 78%.

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