Warren School

Warren School is an elementary campus of sizable scale in Helena, Montana, operated by Helena Elem, serveing 276 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Montana's public schools average about 167 students each, so Warren School sits 65% larger than that benchmark.

Helena Elem runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 5,100 students. Warren School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Warren School records that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 5% Hispanic, 4% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Lewis and Clark County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Lewis and Clark County indicate median household income runs about $78,237, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Warren School is one of 36 public schools in Lewis and Clark County (combined enrollment of about 9,786 students).

The closest other public school is East Helena High School, roughly 2.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Warren School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 15%: 326 students in 2018 compared to 276 in 2025.

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