Riverview School

Riverview School operates as a tiny primary school in Miles City, Montana, one of the schools within Trail Creek Elem. Current enrollment sits at 8 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Montana's public schools average about 167 students each, so Riverview School sits 95% leaner than that benchmark.

Trail Creek Elem is the operating authority for Riverview School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, Riverview School reports that nearly all students (100%) are White. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Riverview School has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.9:1 average.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Custer County) shows that median household income runs about $70,605, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Custer County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,560 students), Riverview School is one campus in the mix.

S Y School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 26.1 miles from this campus.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 11%: 9 students in 2018 compared to 8 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 9.0:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 today.

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