Winifred 6-8

Winifred 6-8 is one of the very small intermediate schools in Winifred, Montana, run under Winifred K-12 Schools, with 30 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Montana's public schools average about 139 students each, so Winifred 6-8 sits 78% smaller than that benchmark.

Winifred K-12 Schools runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 152 students. Winifred 6-8 is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Winifred 6-8 shows that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% Asian, 3% Native American. Compared to Fergus County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.3:1 average. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Fergus County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Fergus County shows the typical household earns roughly $63,706 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Fergus County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,605 students), of which Winifred 6-8 is one.

Nearest neighbor: Winifred High School, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Winifred 6-8's enrollment has rose 15% since 2018, when it stood at 26 (now 30). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 100% to 93%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 7.7:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Winifred 6-8 community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.