Washington School

As a very small primary school in Hamilton, Montana, Washington School enrolls 65 students from grades pre-K through K, operated by Hamilton K-12 Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 61% smaller than the state mean of about 167.

Hamilton K-12 Schools comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,631 students; Washington School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Washington School logs that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Ravalli County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. The state averages about 11.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Ravalli County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,283 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Washington School is one of 30 public schools in Ravalli County (combined enrollment of about 5,729 students).

Hamilton Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 72%: 236 students in 2018 compared to 65 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 87% to 94% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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