Summary:
The 59008 zip code area is home to 3 schools that are part of the Belfry K-12 Schools district, including 1 elementary school, 1 middle school, and 1 high school. While these schools benefit from small student-teacher ratios, they face challenges such as low academic performance, lack of racial diversity, and declining state-wide rankings.
The Belfry School (elementary) has consistently ranked in the bottom 25% of Montana elementary schools over the past 3 years and has below-average test scores in both math and reading compared to the state average. The school also has a high percentage of white students (94.44%) with minimal racial diversity. The Belfry High School and Belfry 7-8 (middle school) both have very small student populations of 17 and 10 students, respectively, and are also predominantly white with no racial diversity.
While the Belfry 7-8 middle school has a relatively high spending per student of $21,120 for the 2018-2019 school year, the district as a whole has seen declining academic performance, with only 22.86% of students proficient or better in math and 34.29% in reading. These findings suggest that the schools in the 59008 zip code area face significant challenges in providing a well-rounded and equitable education for their students, and further investigation may be needed to identify opportunities for improvement.
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