Hysham 7-8

As a rural-scale 6-8 campus in Hysham, Montana, Hysham 7-8 enrolls 11 students from grades 7 through 8, one of the schools within Hysham K-12 Schools. Compared to the state average of about 139 students per school, that is 92% below typical.

Hysham 7-8 is one of 3 schools operated by Hysham K-12 Schools, a district that hosts 92 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hysham 7-8 logs that the most-represented group is White (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 27% Hispanic, 18% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 94% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.3:1 average. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Treasure County (around 43%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Treasure County indicate median household earnings sit near $67,917, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Treasure County runs 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 92 students), of which Hysham 7-8 is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hysham High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Hysham 7-8.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Hysham 7-8's enrollment has increased 175% since 2018, when it stood at 4 (now 11). White enrollment moved from 100% to 55% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 2.7:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 today.

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