Winifred School

Located at 507 Main Street, in Winifred, Montana, Winifred School is a small elementary-level community that hosts 80 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Winifred K-12 Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 52% leaner than the state mean of about 167.

Winifred School is one of 3 schools operated by Winifred K-12 Schools, a district that works with 152 students overall.

On demographics, Winifred School logs that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.

Looking at school resources, Winifred School shows 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Fergus County indicate median household income runs about $63,706, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Winifred School is one of 24 public schools in Fergus County (combined enrollment of about 1,605 students).

Winifred High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Winifred School.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 78%: 45 students in 2018 compared to 80 in 2025.

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