Middle · Montana

Box Elder 7-8

Free meals for all

Box Elder 7-8, a public middle school in Box Elder, Montana: grades 7–8, 66 students, 11.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Box Elder Elem.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 66
Teachers (FTE): 5.8
Students per teacher: 11.3
Grades: 7–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 52% of middle schools in Montana

Median 11.8 · 231 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 82% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 59% of middle schools in Montana

Median 48 · 232 schools compared

Smaller than 96% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Montana's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Montana: 43%

9.7%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A lower share proficient than 94% of middle schools in Montana

Median 42% · 155 middle schools compared

62 students tested, grades 3–8 · MAST; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Montana: 37%

6.5%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A lower share proficient than 92% of middle schools in Montana

Median 34% · 178 middle schools compared

62 students tested, grades 3–8 · MAST; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 7–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Remote rural area
Run by: Box Elder Elem

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Box Elder Elem.

Location

Address: 205 Main Street, Box Elder, MT 59521
Phone: (406)352-4195
City or town: Box Elder
County: Hill County

Website Quality of life in Box Elder Schools in Box Elder

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Big Sandy 7-8	7–8	28	11.4	41%	—	10.7 mi
Rocky Boy 7-8Free meals for all	7–8	73	7.3	8.7%	8.4%	11.1 mi
Havre Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	391	16.0	35%	21%	21.0 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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