Middle · Montana
Darby 7-8
Free meals for allDarby 7-8, a public middle school in Darby, Montana: grades 7–8, 48 students, 13.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Darby K-12 Schools.
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
- 48
- Teachers (FTE)
- 3.5
- Students per teacher
- 13.7
- Grades
- 7–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 68% of middle schools in Montana
Median 11.8 · 231 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 59% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 50% of middle schools in Montana
Median 48 · 232 schools compared
Smaller than 97% 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%32%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 76% of middle schools in Montana
Median 42% · 155 middle schools compared
47 students tested, grades 3–8 · MAST; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Montana: 37%48%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A higher share proficient than 74% of middle schools in Montana
Median 34% · 178 middle schools compared
48 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
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Remote rural area
- Run by
- Darby K-12 Schools
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Darby K-12 Schools.
Location
- Address
- 209 School Drive, Darby, MT 59829
- Phone
- (406)821-3252
- City or town
- Darby
- County
- Ravalli County
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7–8 | 20 | 13.3 | 14% | 0.0% | |
| 5–8 | 460 | 15.1 | 47% | 40% | |
| 5–6 | 191 | 20.0 | 39% | 14% | |
| 7–8 | 194 | 18.0 | 46% | 41% | |
| 7–8 | 42 | — | — | — | |
| 7–8 | 1 | 0.2 | — | — |
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.
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.
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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