Northside School

Northside School operates as a moderately sized middle-grades school in Wolf Point, Montana, operated by Wolf Point Elem. Current enrollment sits at 158 students spanning grades 4 through 6.

Wolf Point Elem runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 480 students. Northside School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Northside School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (85%). Other groups include 11% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Northside School logs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.3:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Roosevelt County's rate of about 85%.

Around the school, Roosevelt County reports that median household earnings sit near $57,063, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 25%. In all, Roosevelt County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,353 students), of which Northside School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Wolf Point High School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Northside School.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Northside School's enrollment has fell 9% since 2018, when it stood at 174 (now 158). White enrollment moved from 11% to 1% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

On this page, members of the Northside School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.