Highwood High School

Highwood High School operates as a small high school in Highwood, Montana. It enrolled 25 students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 89% lower than the average for high schools in Montana, which is about 238.

Federal data list 3 schools in Highwood K-12, with 106 students enrolled.

Federal enrollment data show Highwood High School is 96% White. Other groups make up 4% Hispanic. Chouteau County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school's share is higher.

Its 5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 5.0:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 11.3:1 average for high schools in Montana. The school's lunch program data list 64% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Chouteau County average 52%.

Census estimates describe Chouteau County this way: the median household income is $58,218, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. In all, Chouteau County has 15 public schools and roughly 701 students.

The next-closest public school is Highwood Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2.

By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

Enrollment at Highwood High School dropped 14% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 29 to 25 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 9.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 5.0:1.

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