Medicine Lake High School

Medicine Lake High School operates as a very small senior high in Medicine Lake, Montana, operated by Medicine Lake K-12 Schools. Current enrollment sits at 25 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 89% below the typical public school in Montana, which averages around 238 students.

Medicine Lake K-12 Schools runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 88 students. Medicine Lake High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Medicine Lake High School reports that nearly all students (88%) are White. Other groups include 12% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Medicine Lake High School has 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.0:1. The state averages around 11.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Sheridan County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,147, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Sheridan County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 486 students), Medicine Lake High School is one campus in the mix.

Medicine Lake School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Medicine Lake High School.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Medicine Lake High School has increased 19%, going from 21 students in 2018 to 25 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 0% to 12% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 4.3:1 in 2018 to 6.0:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.