Lavina Middle School

Lavina Middle School is a 6-8 campus of minimally staffed scale in Lavina, Montana, run under Lavina K-12 Schools, instructing 20 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Montana's public schools average about 139 students each, so Lavina Middle School sits 86% leaner than that benchmark.

Lavina Middle School is one of 3 schools operated by Lavina K-12 Schools, a district that works with 74 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Lavina Middle School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). The remainder comes out to 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. Compared to Golden Valley County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Lavina Middle School shows 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.3:1 average. Roughly 60% of students at Lavina Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Golden Valley County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Golden Valley County shows median household earnings sit near $58,333, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Golden Valley County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129 students), Lavina Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lavina Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Lavina Middle School's enrollment has expanded 43% since 2018, when it stood at 14 (now 20). Over the same period, the White share edged up from 86% to 90%.

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