North Star 7-8

As a tiny 6-8 campus in Rudyard, Montana, North Star 7-8 educates 25 students from grades 7 through 8, overseen by North Star Elem. That puts it 82% below the typical public school in Montana, which averages around 139 students.

Within North Star Elem, which oversees 2 schools and 108 students, North Star 7-8 is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, North Star 7-8 logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%). Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.6:1. The state averages around 11.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 44% of students at North Star 7-8 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Hill County (around 97%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Hill County put median household earnings sit near $52,798, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hill County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,958 students), of which North Star 7-8 is one.

North Star High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. North Star 7-8's enrollment has declined 17% since 2018, when it stood at 30 (now 25). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 90% to 80%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 today.

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