Lockwood Primary

Lockwood Primary is a big elementary-level community in Lockwood, Montana, run under Lockwood K-12. The school serves 348 students in grades pre-K through 2. Compared to the state average of about 167 students per school, that is 108% bigger than typical.

Within Lockwood K-12, which oversees 4 schools and 1,580 students, Lockwood Primary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Lockwood Primary lists that 73% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Yellowstone County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Zooming out to the county, Yellowstone County reports that median household earnings sit near $76,570, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Yellowstone County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,853 students), of which Lockwood Primary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lockwood Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

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