Highwood Middle School

Located at 160 West Street South, in Highwood, Montana, Highwood Middle School is a micro-enrollment middle school that hosts 19 students (grades 6 through 8), part of Highwood K-12. Compared to the state average of about 139 students per school, that is 86% leaner than typical.

Within Highwood K-12, which oversees 3 schools and 106 students, Highwood Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Highwood Middle School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%); the rest reads as 11% multiracial, 5% Black.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.3:1 average. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Chouteau County (around 52%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Chouteau County put the typical household earns roughly $58,218 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Highwood Middle School is one of 15 public schools in Chouteau County (combined enrollment of about 701 students).

Highwood School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Highwood Middle School.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Highwood Middle School has declined 37%, going from 30 students in 2018 to 19 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 0% to 5% across the same window.

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