Turner School

Turner School is an elementary school of micro-enrollment scale in Turner, Montana, part of Turner Elem, instructing 29 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 83% leaner than the typical public school in Montana, which averages around 167 students.

Turner Elem comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 40 students; Turner School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Turner School reports that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 3% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Blaine County (around 84%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Blaine County indicate the typical household earns roughly $64,813 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Turner School is one of 17 public schools in Blaine County (combined enrollment of about 1,323 students).

Turner 7-8 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Turner School.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 43%: 51 students in 2018 compared to 29 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 6.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.