Geyser High School

Geyser High School is a small public high school in Geyser, MT, serving grades 9-12 with just 13 students. The school is part of the Geyser K-12 Schools district, which is ranked 234 out of 387 districts in Montana and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Geyser High School faces significant academic challenges, with test scores that are significantly lower than the state averages. In 2024-2025, only 25% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in English Language Arts and Science, and 0% were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to the state averages of 54.99%, 31.25%, and 30.03%, respectively. The school also has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 61.54% in the 2024-2025 school year, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. However, the school has a very low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 2.8 to 5.2 students per teacher over the past three school years, suggesting a high level of individual attention and support for students.

Interestingly, the nearest comparable school is Stanford High School, which is located about 15 miles away. Stanford High School has a larger student population of 42 students and a higher student-teacher ratio of 8.4. However, its test scores are also significantly lower than the state averages, similar to Geyser High School. The available data shows that Stanford High School had a spending per student of $19,761 in the 2018-2019 school year, which is higher than the national average, suggesting that the school district is investing resources in its students, despite the relatively low academic performance.