Jefferson High School
Test scores
EDFacts (federal) 2020-21 . % Proficient (SY 20-21)What this means: On the EDFacts (federal), Montana's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Montana schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Jefferson High School
Set in Boulder, Montana, Jefferson High School is a mid-tier high school, part of Jefferson H S. It enrolls 306 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 29% above the state mean of about 238.
Jefferson High School is a school of Jefferson H S, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.
In terms of who attends, Jefferson High School logs that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 3% Hispanic. Compared to Jefferson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.3:1 average. Roughly 22% of students at Jefferson High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $95,490 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Jefferson County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,872 students), of which Jefferson High School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Boulder Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.
Geographically, the school is in a rural area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Jefferson High School's enrollment has climbed 17% since 2018, when it stood at 261 (now 306).
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Jefferson County at a glance
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