Whitewater High School

As an one-room-style senior high in Whitewater, Montana, Whitewater High School instructs 10 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Whitewater K-12 Schools. Compared to the state average of about 238 students per school, that is 96% below typical.

Whitewater K-12 Schools runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 37 students. Whitewater High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Whitewater High School logs that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 10% Native American. By comparison, Phillips County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Whitewater High School logs 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 2.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.3:1 average. Roughly 70% of students at Whitewater High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the broader community, Phillips County reports that the typical household earns roughly $53,417 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Phillips County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 662 students), Whitewater High School is one campus in the mix.

Whitewater School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 11%: 9 students in 2018 compared to 10 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 78% to 90% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.