The reported proficiency rate for Math is 46%.
Original Research by School Decision on Reed Point Elementary
Reed Point Elementary is a very small public school serving pre-kindergarten through sixth grade, the elementary wing of a single PK‑8 district that shares a campus with the district’s high school in the rural town of Reed Point, Montana. With a total enrollment that is minimal for its grade band, this is a school where a handful of students per grade is the norm – there are only a few children in each class from kindergarten onward. The student body is predominantly white, with a small Hispanic population and an even smaller Asian population; no other racial or ethnic groups are represented in the reported data. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced‑price meals, indicating that a notable portion of families are of modest economic means.
On the 2023‑24 Smarter Balanced state assessments, math results were reported: roughly half of the tested students scored at the proficient level or above. Placed alongside other districts in Stillwater County, this proficiency index sits below the midpoint of the small group for which data was available. English language arts results for the same testing window were suppressed, as were science results, because the number of students tested in each subject was very small – a common occurrence when a school has extremely low enrollment. The state does not release scores when the count of test‑takers is too small to protect student privacy, so no further academic picture is available from those subjects. A parent looking for a fuller sense of student performance should expect that the school may have limited ability to show trend data or disaggregated results for the same reason.
Because this school ends at sixth grade, it has no graduation rate to report; students who continue in the district attend Reed Point High School on the same campus. The district brief turned up no recent major changes such as curriculum overhauls, referendums, or tax shifts, which is characteristic of a very small rural system that simply runs quietly from year to year.
Reed Point itself is a census‑designated place with a tiny population, compact enough that the school, a saloon that doubles as a local museum, and the remaining Main Street commercial activity all sit together in a single walkable center. Street life is quiet on ordinary days but picks up during annual events such as the Great Montana Sheep Drive on Labor Day weekend and the Yellowstone River Boat Float in July. The school on Central Avenue is a central civic anchor. The surrounding economy is based on agriculture and ranching, and the school district itself is likely one of the few institutional employers in town. No public library or formal transit system was identified. Housing values in the zip code are above the national median and have risen recently, though the town has experienced no new development or growth initiatives; the population has remained stable at a very small number for years.
For a family considering this school, the peer environment is intimate by every measure: a single‑classroom feel where every teacher knows every student, and where a child can be one of a handful in a grade. The academic profile is thin by necessity – the school is too small to produce a full set of public test results – and the math proficiency that is available places the school below the midpoint compared with other Stillwater County districts. A parent who wants a school with robust data, wide programming, or a large peer group may look elsewhere. A parent who values a close‑knit rural setting where the school sits at the center of a very small, quiet, event‑driven town, and where the school itself may be the only institutional anchor, will find that Reed Point Elementary delivers exactly that.
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