The top reported proficiency rate is 47% in English language arts. The lowest is 40% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Froid 7-8
Froid 7-8 serves exactly two grades in a very small agricultural town in northeastern Montana. The school is part of the Froid Elem district, which covers the town’s K-12 public education within a single compact footprint. With an enrollment that places it among the smallest middle-grade settings a family is likely to encounter, the experience here is fundamentally different from anything in a larger community.
The student body is small. The racial and ethnic composition is predominantly white, with a notable share of American Indian or Alaska Native students and small numbers of Hispanic and multiracial students. Just under half of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a marker of the economic realities of a rural farming region where wheat, sunflowers, beef, alfalfa, and barley are the economic backbone and where no large non-agricultural employers exist. The community itself is a stable but slowly shrinking place, with long-term population decline and no major development activity.
On state assessments, the school posted a mix of results. In math, the share of students scoring proficient or above was below half. In English language arts, the share was slightly higher, still below half. Science testing data for that year was suppressed, so no public read is available. When placed among all tested schools in Roosevelt County on a composite proficiency index, the school lands in the top quartile of the county’s districts. That is the relevant comparison set, and it describes a district-level position, not a school-level ranking. Still, a parent considering this school should know that while the school’s overall proficiency performance is stronger than most of its county peers, the absolute proficiency rates in both math and reading are below a majority of students meeting the state’s benchmark. That is a straightforward fact of the reported results.
Because the school serves only seventh and eighth grade, there is no graduation rate to report, no high school course access data, and no chronic absenteeism data in the available record. The school is not a charter and does not report a magnet or Title I status. Information on discipline, staffing ratios, and attendance patterns was not available in the data provided. A parent looking for a fuller picture of the school environment may want to ask the school or district directly about those areas.
The town of Froid covers a tiny land area, so the school building sits within the same grid as the town’s homes, a library branch, and a few agricultural businesses. The nearest larger services are in Wolf Point to the west or Culbertson to the east, both a drive along US-2. For recreation, Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge and the Missouri River are within a short drive.
The district brief turned up no recent parent-relevant changes such as referenda, curriculum shifts, or facility projects. For a district this small, change may come slowly and without wide public documentation. A family considering this school would be enrolling in an environment defined by very small class groups, a rural agricultural community context, and academic proficiency that is stronger relative to neighboring districts in Roosevelt County but still leaves room for growth.
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