Middle · Montana

Hillcrest 7-8

Hillcrest 7-8, a public middle school in Harlowton, Montana: grades 7–8, 37 students, 13.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Harlowton K-12.

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
37
Teachers (FTE)
2.8
Students per teacher
13.3
Grades
7–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 63% of middle schools in Montana

Median 11.8 · 231 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 63% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 56% 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%

Not published: too few students tested.

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

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

Math

Montana: 37%

47%proficient

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

A higher share proficient than 72% of middle schools in Montana

Median 34% · 178 middle schools compared

34 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
Area
Remote rural area

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

Location

Address
304 Division St, Harlowton, MT 59036
Phone
(406)632-4361
City or town
Harlowton

Nearby middle schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
Judith Gap 7-8Free meals for all
7–810.9

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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