Lodge Pole School

Set in Hays, Montana, Lodge Pole School is an average-sized K-5 school, run under Hays-Lodge Pole K-12 Schls. It caters to 144 students across grades pre-K through 6.

Hays-Lodge Pole K-12 Schls runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 255 students. Lodge Pole School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Lodge Pole School shows that 94% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. The state averages around 11.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Blaine County (around 84%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Blaine County put the typical household earns roughly $64,813 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Lodge Pole School is one of 17 public schools in Blaine County (combined enrollment of about 1,323 students).

Hays-Lodge Pole High Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 32%: 109 students in 2018 compared to 144 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.