Heart Butte 6-8

Located at 1 School Rd, in Heart Butte, Montana, Heart Butte 6-8 is a tiny middle school that works with 18 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Heart Butte K-12 Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 87% leaner than the state mean of about 139.

Heart Butte K-12 Schools comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 119 students; Heart Butte 6-8 is among them.

On demographics, Heart Butte 6-8 records that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (100%).

On the income-and-resources front, Heart Butte 6-8 records 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.7:1. The state averages around 11.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Pondera County (around 61%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Pondera County) shows that median household income runs about $52,338, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Pondera County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 820 students), Heart Butte 6-8 is one campus in the mix.

Heart Butte Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Heart Butte 6-8.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Heart Butte 6-8's enrollment has fell 40% since 2018, when it stood at 30 (now 18). Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 7.7:1 in 2025.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.