Shields Valley High Schl

Shields Valley High Schl serves students in Clyde Park, Montana, as a very small high school. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 59 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 75% below the 238-student average for high schools in Montana.

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Shields Valley High Schl is 93% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 5% Hispanic. That is in line with Park County, where about 91% of residents are White. The diversity index for Shields Valley High Schl is 13%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

The school's 6.7 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.8:1. High schools in Montana average 11.3:1, 2.5 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 39% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

In Park County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $70,047, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 15 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,656, Shields Valley High Schl among them.

Of the public schools around it, Shields Valley High Schl is closest to Shields Valley 7-8, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within ten miles number 2.

NCES describes the area around Shields Valley High Schl as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 53 to 59, an 11% rise. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 7.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 8.8:1.

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