Spring Creek School

Spring Creek School, a tiny elementary campus in Decker, Montana, one of the schools within Spring Creek Elem, hosts 3 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 98% leaner than the state mean of about 167.

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

Demographically, Spring Creek School reports that White students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 33% Native American. By comparison, Big Horn County as a whole is about 30% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Spring Creek School logs 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 3.0:1. The state averages around 11.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, Big Horn County reports that median household income runs about $58,750, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Big Horn County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,535 students), Spring Creek School is one campus in the mix.

Birney School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 20.6 miles from this campus.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Spring Creek School's enrollment has decreased 57% since 2018, when it stood at 7 (now 3). White enrollment moved from 29% to 67% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 7.0:1 in 2018 to 3.0:1 today.

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