White Sulphur Springs El
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Test scores
EDFacts (federal) 2020-21 . % Proficient (SY 20-21)What this means: On the EDFacts (federal), Montana's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Montana schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About White Sulphur Springs El
Set in White Sulphur Springs, Montana, White Sulphur Springs El is a compact elementary school, one of the schools within White Sulphur Spgs K-12. It instructs 91 students across grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Montana's public schools average about 167 students each, so White Sulphur Springs El sits 46% leaner than that benchmark.
White Sulphur Spgs K-12 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 165 students; White Sulphur Springs El is among them.
Demographically, White Sulphur Springs El shows that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Native American.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. The state averages around 11.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 38% of students at White Sulphur Springs El qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Meagher County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,932 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Meagher County runs 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165 students), of which White Sulphur Springs El is one.
White Sulphur Springs 7-8 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.
White Sulphur Springs El operates from a rural location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 23%: 118 students in 2018 compared to 91 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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