Nashua 6-8

Nashua 6-8, an one-room-style middle-grades school in Nashua, Montana, run under Nashua K-12 Schools, instructs 16 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 88% below the typical public school in Montana, which averages around 139 students.

Across the 3 schools in Nashua K-12 Schools (96 students total), Nashua 6-8 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Nashua 6-8 lists that the largest single group is White at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 31% Native American, 19% multiracial, 13% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Valley County (around 54%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Valley County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,695 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Nashua 6-8 is one of 16 public schools in Valley County (combined enrollment of about 1,115 students).

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

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Nashua 6-8 has grew 14%, going from 14 students in 2018 to 16 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 79% to 38% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 8.8:1 in 2018 to 5.5:1 in 2025.

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