LaMotte 6-8

Set in Bozeman, Montana, LaMotte 6-8 is a micro-enrollment intermediate school, overseen by LaMotte Elem. It hosts 22 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Montana's public schools average about 139 students each, so LaMotte 6-8 sits 84% below that benchmark.

LaMotte Elem runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 55 students. LaMotte 6-8 is one of those campuses.

On demographics, LaMotte 6-8 logs that 100% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Gallatin County shows median household income runs about $93,528, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Gallatin County runs 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,170 students), of which LaMotte 6-8 is one.

The closest other public school is LaMotte School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 83%: 12 students in 2018 compared to 22 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 7.5:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the LaMotte 6-8 community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.