St Ignatius Middle School

St Ignatius Middle School is a mid-sized junior high in St Ignatius, Montana, one of the schools within St Ignatius K-12 Schools. The school educates 128 students in grades 6 through 8.

Across the 3 schools in St Ignatius K-12 Schools (459 students total), St Ignatius Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, St Ignatius Middle School shows that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 42% Native American, 12% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, St Ignatius Middle School has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. The state averages around 11.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Lake County (around 83%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Lake County indicate median household income runs about $63,360, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lake County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,302 students), of which St Ignatius Middle School is one.

St Ignatius High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at St Ignatius Middle School has increased 15%, going from 111 students in 2018 to 128 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share rose from 32% to 42%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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