Moore 6-8

Located at 509 Highland Ave, in Moore, Montana, Moore 6-8 is an one-room-style 6-8 campus that teaches 22 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Moore Elem. By comparison, Montana's public schools average about 139 students each, so Moore 6-8 sits 84% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Moore Elem, which oversees 2 schools and 62 students, Moore 6-8 is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Moore 6-8 reports that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Fergus County) records that median household income runs about $63,706, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Fergus County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,605 students), of which Moore 6-8 is one.

Nearest neighbor: Moore High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Moore 6-8.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 47%: 15 students in 2018 compared to 22 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 100% to 95%.

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