Middle · Montana

Swan River 6-8

Free meals for all

Swan River 6-8, a public middle school in Bigfork, Montana: grades 6–8, 52 students, 9.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Swan River 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: 52
Teachers (FTE): 5.3
Students per teacher: 9.7
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 62% of middle schools in Montana

Median 11.8 · 231 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 92% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 53% 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%

40%proficient

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

A lower share proficient than 57% of middle schools in Montana

Median 42% · 155 middle schools compared

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

Math

Montana: 37%

25%proficient

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

A lower share proficient than 66% of middle schools in Montana

Median 34% · 178 middle schools compared

53 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 6–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Remote rural area
Run by: Swan River Elem

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

Location

Address: 1205 Swan Highway, Bigfork, MT 59911
Phone: (406)837-4528
City or town: Bigfork
County: Flathead County

Website Quality of life in Bigfork Schools in Bigfork

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
Bigfork 6-8	6–8	236	24.0	55%	31%	3.2 mi
Somers Middle School	5–8	231	15.4	60%	45%	9.0 mi
Cayuse Prairie 7-8	7–8	57	14.8	52%	54%	10.0 mi
Fair-Mont-Egan Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	41	15.2	55%	53%	11.3 mi
Evergreen Junior HighFree meals for all	5–8	285	13.9	32%	32%	14.6 mi
Deer Park 6-8	6–8	48	12.3	70%	70%	15.1 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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