Plentywood 7-8

Plentywood 7-8 is an intermediate school of compact scale in Plentywood, Montana, run under Plentywood K-12 Schools, educateing 61 students in grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 139 students per school, that is 56% below typical.

Plentywood K-12 Schools runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 341 students. Plentywood 7-8 is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Plentywood 7-8 reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Other groups include 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Sheridan County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.3:1 average. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Sheridan County indicate median household income runs about $70,147, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Sheridan County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 486 students), Plentywood 7-8 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Plentywood School, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Plentywood 7-8's enrollment has decreased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 63 (now 61). Over the same period, the White share fell from 94% to 89%.

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