Poplar 7-8

Poplar 7-8 is one of the cozy junior highs in Poplar, Montana, operated by Poplar Elem, with 117 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8.

Across the 3 schools in Poplar Elem (570 students total), Poplar 7-8 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Poplar 7-8 reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (97%).

Looking at school resources, Poplar 7-8 logs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.7:1. 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. By comparison, Roosevelt County runs at roughly 85%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, Roosevelt County reports that median household income runs about $57,063, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 25%. Across Roosevelt County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,353 students), Poplar 7-8 is one campus in the mix.

Poplar High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Poplar 7-8.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Poplar 7-8's enrollment has shrank 10% since 2018, when it stood at 130 (now 117). Class-load math has fell: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Poplar 7-8 typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.