Skyview High School

Skyview High School, a roomy senior high in Billings, Montana, part of Billings H S, teaches 1,542 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Montana's public schools average about 238 students each, so Skyview High School sits 548% above that benchmark.

Across the 6 schools in Billings H S (5,444 students total), Skyview High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Skyview High School logs that 78% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Skyview High School records 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.3:1 average. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Yellowstone County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, Yellowstone County reports that median household earnings sit near $76,570, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Skyview High School is one of 68 public schools in Yellowstone County (combined enrollment of about 23,853 students).

The closest other public school is Castle Rock Middle School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Skyview High School.

Skyview High School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 1,611 students in 2018 compared to 1,542 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 82% to 78% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

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