Winnett School

Winnett School is a K-5 school of tiny scale in Winnett, Montana, part of Winnett K-12 Schools, works with 37 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 167 students per school, that is 78% below typical.

Winnett K-12 Schools runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 69 students. Winnett School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Winnett School reports that nearly all students (100%) are White. That composition is broadly in line with Petroleum County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Winnett School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Petroleum County indicate median household income runs about $60,208, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Petroleum County runs 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69 students), of which Winnett School is one.

Winnett 7-8 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 5%: 39 students in 2018 compared to 37 in 2025.

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