Turner 7-8

Set in Turner, Montana, Turner 7-8 is a rural-scale 6-8 campus, overseen by Turner Elem. It hosts 11 students across grades 7 through 8. That puts it 92% below the typical public school in Montana, which averages around 139 students.

Within Turner Elem, which oversees 2 schools and 40 students, Turner 7-8 is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Turner 7-8 logs that nearly all students (82%) are White. Other groups include 18% Native American. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Turner 7-8 has 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.0:1. The state averages around 11.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 45% of students at Turner 7-8 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Blaine County runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Blaine County) shows that median household earnings sit near $64,813, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Blaine County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,323 students), of which Turner 7-8 is one.

Nearest neighbor: Turner School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Turner 7-8.

Turner 7-8 operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Turner 7-8's enrollment has ticked up 10% since 2018, when it stood at 10 (now 11). Over the same period, the White share declined from 100% to 82%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 7.0:1 today.

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