The top reported proficiency rate is 0% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Reed Point High School
Reed Point High School serves a community so small that the school, the town, and the surrounding ranching country are hard to separate. The school sits on Central Avenue, the main street of a census-designated place in Stillwater County, Montana, that has maintained its rural character through generations. The town has the Waterhole Saloon, an event-driven street life around the Great Montana Sheep Drive on Labor Day and the Yellowstone River Boat Float in July, and a deep agricultural history rooted in homesteaders from Norway, Sweden, Germany, and the Midwest. The school, the district office, the river access, and the few commercial buildings all occupy the same compact center.
This is a very small high school, enrolling roughly the number of students one might find in a single large classroom elsewhere. The student body is predominantly white, with one student identified as Asian and one as two or more races. Just under half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a measure that speaks to the economic realities of the area. The school serves grades nine through twelve, and the data show the total enrollment spread across those four grade levels.
State testing data for this school shows a zero percent proficiency rate on the Smarter Balanced assessments in math and English language arts, and a zero percent proficiency rate on the Montana Science Assessment. The tested count for each subject is also zero, meaning no students at this school took those assessments in the 2023-24 school year. Because state testing typically applies to certain grade bands and high schools may test at specific grade levels, this pattern often reflects the nature of a very small school where the specific tested grades had no students enrolled in that year, or where alternative assessment arrangements were in place. A parent should confirm with the school directly how academic progress is measured and what assessments students do take.
The comparison set places Reed Point High School relative to districts in Stillwater County. On overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades, the school falls in the bottom quartile among the three districts that had data to report. No graduation rate or chronic absenteeism data was available for this entity.
The housing context for the area shows that typical home values in the Reed Point ZIP code are above both the state and national medians, a reflection of the broader regional housing market rather than local demand within this tiny town. The surrounding economy runs on agriculture and ranching, with the school district itself likely among the few institutional employers. The town has seen no major new housing development or growth initiatives. The 2020 census count remains very small, and the infrastructure dates to the early twentieth-century founding. A search for recent district changes such as levies, bonds, or curriculum shifts found little of note.
This is a school for a family that values an extremely small rural setting, where the high school is integrated into the life of a quiet town and the surrounding ranchland. The absence of state test results and the very small enrollment mean that a parent cannot rely on typical academic benchmarks to evaluate the school. Direct conversation with the principal or district office would be the necessary next step for any family considering enrolling a student here. The school's website suggests a picturesque and serene environment; the academic picture is less defined.
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