Porter Middle School

Porter Middle School runs as a high-enrollment middle school in Missoula, Montana. It had 579 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Montana average about 139 students, which makes this school 317% above average.

Missoula Elem runs Porter Middle School along with 13 other schools, enrolling 5,293 students in total.

At Porter Middle School, 78% of students are White. After that, the student body is 8% Native American, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Missoula County is about 87% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Porter Middle School scores 38%.

There are 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.5:1. The gap from the 11.3:1 average for middle schools in Montana is 4.2 students per teacher. On the income side, 58% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 41% average for public schools in Missoula County is 17 points lower.

In Missoula County, home to about 120,672 people, median household income comes to about $75,598, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 47 public schools in the county, enrolling about 14,099, Porter Middle School among them.

The closest school to Porter Middle School is Big Sky High School, located about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.

Porter Middle School falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 4%, from 604 to 579. By 2024-25, the school had 15.5 students per teacher, compared with 17.8 in 2020-21.

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