Lewis & Clark School

Lewis & Clark School is one of the high-enrollment middle schools in Lewistown, Montana, overseen by Lewistown Elem, with 276 students on its rolls from grades 4 through 6. By comparison, Montana's public schools average about 139 students each, so Lewis & Clark School sits 99% above that benchmark.

Lewistown Elem comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 815 students; Lewis & Clark School is among them.

On demographics, Lewis & Clark School reports that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% Hispanic. Compared to Fergus County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Lewis & Clark School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.3:1, putting Lewis & Clark School higher than the state norm the norm. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, census data for Fergus County shows median household income runs about $63,706, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Fergus County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,605 students), Lewis & Clark School is one campus in the mix.

Fergus High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 45%: 190 students in 2018 compared to 276 in 2025.

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