Harlowton High School

Harlowton High School is a high school of one-room-style scale in Harlowton, Montana, operated by Harlowton K-12, enrolling 66 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 238 students per school, that is 72% leaner than typical.

Within Harlowton K-12, which oversees 3 schools and 298 students, Harlowton High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Harlowton High School records that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 96% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Harlowton High School lists 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.3:1 average. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Wheatland County (around 71%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Wheatland County shows the typical household earns roughly $49,489 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. Harlowton High School is one of 6 public schools in Wheatland County (combined enrollment of about 328 students).

Hillcrest 7-8 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Harlowton High School.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 6%: 70 students in 2018 compared to 66 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 89% to 82%.

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