Melville School

Melville School is a K-5 school of very small scale in Melville, Montana, run under Melville Elem, hosting 20 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Montana's public schools average about 167 students each, so Melville School sits 88% below that benchmark.

Melville School sits inside Melville Elem, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Melville School lists that nearly all students (100%) are White. By comparison, Sweet Grass County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Sweet Grass County) logs that median household earnings sit near $77,000, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Sweet Grass County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 484 students), Melville School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Big Timber 7-8, roughly 18.3 miles away.

Melville School operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 37%: 32 students in 2018 compared to 20 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.