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Heart Butte 6-8

Public Grades 6-8
220th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 222 Montana Middle Schools
Better than 1% of Montana middle schools
Summary

Heart Butte 6-8 is a small public middle school in Heart Butte, Montana, serving just 18 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Heart Butte K-12 Schools district, which is ranked 384 out of 387 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite the school's small student-teacher ratio, ranging from 6:1 to 15:1 in recent years, and relatively high spending of $24,057 per student, Heart Butte 6-8 has consistently ranked among the lowest-performing middle schools in Montana. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school ranked 220 out of 222 middle schools in the state, with 0% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. Additionally, the school has a very high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, with 100% of students receiving this assistance in the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years.

These persistent challenges suggest deep-rooted issues that the school has been unable to address effectively, despite the resources available. The fact that the broader Heart Butte K-12 Schools district is also ranked among the lowest in the state indicates that the problems faced by Heart Butte 6-8 may be reflective of broader systemic issues within the district, which will likely require a comprehensive, data-driven approach to address.

18
Students ?
7.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$28,933
Per pupil spending ?
100%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1 School Rd
       Heart Butte, MT  59448

(406) 338-2200

District: Heart Butte K-12 Schools


Students who attend Heart Butte 6-8 usually attend:

High:    Heart Butte High School

Feeder schools for Heart Butte 6-8:

Elementary:    Heart Butte Elementary
Racial breakdown:

American Indian:
100.0%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 3rd percentile in 2011 → 1st in 2025
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 8 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Montana average (0% vs 40% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (1st percentile)
!English Language Arts scores 43 pts below the Montana average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school0%
District avg0%
Montana avg40%
220th of 222
Montana public middle schools ?
Bottom 1%▲ up 1 pts since 2018
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SchoolDigger rating ?
384th of 387Heart Butte K-12 Schools among Montana districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMontana percentileRating
20254.0220 of 2220.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.1120 of 1232.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.4183 of 1872.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.7182 of 1904.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20212.9198 of 2001.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20190.160 of 600.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20180.158 of 580.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20130.1158 of 1590.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20123.2151 of 1563.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20110.5156 of 1613.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20100.6153 of 1561.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20090.5143 of 1472.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20053.6154 of 1646.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20041.3165 of 1713.5%☆☆☆☆☆
By subject vs Montana (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts0%-43 vs state
Mathematics0%-37 vs state
Science0%-38 vs state

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Heart Butte 6-8 ranks in the bottom 0.9% of Montana middle schools.

Students at Heart Butte 6-8 are 100% American Indian.

Students who attend Heart Butte 6-8 usually go on to attend Heart Butte High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 18 students attended Heart Butte 6-8.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Montana Office of Public Instruction.

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