Middle · Montana

Hays-Lodge Pole 7-8

Free meals for all

Hays-Lodge Pole 7-8, a public middle school in Hays, Montana: grades 7–8, 27 students, 7.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Hays-Lodge Pole K-12 Schls.

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
27
Teachers (FTE)
3.6
Students per teacher
7.5
Grades
7–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 76% of middle schools in Montana

Median 11.8 · 231 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 98% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 65% of middle schools in Montana

Median 48 · 232 schools compared

Smaller than 98% 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%

12%proficient

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

A lower share proficient than 93% of middle schools in Montana

Median 42% · 155 middle schools compared

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

Math

Montana: 37%

15%proficient

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

A lower share proficient than 79% of middle schools in Montana

Median 34% · 178 middle schools compared

27 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

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Hays-Lodge Pole K-12 Schls.

Location

Address
197 School Road, Hays, MT 59527
Phone
(406)673-3120
City or town
Hays

Nearby middle schools

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

No other public middle schools within 25 miles.

Sources

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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