Salmon Prairie School

Salmon Prairie School operates as a rural-scale primary school in Swan Lake, Montana, one of the schools within Swan Lake-Salmon Elem. Current enrollment sits at 4 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 167 students per school, that is 98% leaner than typical.

Salmon Prairie School sits inside Swan Lake-Salmon Elem, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Salmon Prairie School shows that 100% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 3.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.9:1 average.

In the broader community, census data for Lake County shows median household earnings sit near $63,360, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Lake County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,302 students), Salmon Prairie School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Swan Valley School, roughly 10.9 miles away.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Salmon Prairie School's enrollment has decreased 43% since 2018, when it stood at 7 (now 4). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 7.0:1 in 2018 to 3.2:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Salmon Prairie School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.