Somers Middle School

Located at 315 School Addition Rd, in Somers, Montana, Somers Middle School is a sizable middle-grades school that teaches 231 students (grades 5 through 8), part of Somers Elem. By comparison, Montana's public schools average about 139 students each, so Somers Middle School sits 66% larger than that benchmark.

Somers Elem runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 534 students. Somers Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Somers Middle School reports that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Flathead County (around 75%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Flathead County shows median household income runs about $73,925, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Somers Middle School is one of 48 public schools in Flathead County (combined enrollment of about 14,957 students).

The closest other public school is Lakeside Elementary School, roughly 4.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 28%: 180 students in 2018 compared to 231 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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