Ryegate High School

Ryegate High School is a micro-enrollment senior high in Ryegate, Montana, one of the schools within Ryegate K-12 Schools. The school enrolls 14 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Montana's public schools average about 238 students each, so Ryegate High School sits 94% smaller than that benchmark.

Ryegate K-12 Schools runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 55 students. Ryegate High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Ryegate High School reports that 100% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

Looking at school resources, Ryegate High School shows 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.3:1, putting Ryegate High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Ryegate High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Golden Valley County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, census data for Golden Valley County shows the typical household earns roughly $58,333 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Golden Valley County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129 students), Ryegate High School is one campus in the mix.

Ryegate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 14 students in 2018 compared to 14 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 43% to 100% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 3.5:1 in 2018 to 6.0:1 today.

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