Heart Butte High School

The public high school Heart Butte High School is located in Heart Butte, Montana. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 41 students. It has 83% fewer students than the average for high schools in Montana (about 238).

The district, Heart Butte K-12 Schools, has 119 students enrolled across 3 schools.

By race and ethnicity, Heart Butte High School is 98% Native American. The next largest groups are 2% Hispanic.

Its staff includes 4.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 8.6 students per teacher. The gap from the 11.3:1 average for high schools in Montana is 2.7 students per teacher. Roughly 100% of students at Heart Butte High School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 61% average for public schools in Pondera County, the school's rate is higher.

American Community Survey estimates for Pondera County show that the median household earns about $52,338 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Pondera County has 15 public schools with about 820 students, including Heart Butte High School.

The closest school to Heart Butte High School is Heart Butte 6-8, located less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of Heart Butte High School.

Heart Butte High School is in rural territory far from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Remote.

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 66 to 41, a 38% decline. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 6.0:1 in 2020-21 to 8.6:1 in 2024-25.

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