HELENA -- Montana's rural schools are doing better than those in other states, but some still need help overcoming student poverty, inadequate funding and lagging test scores, a national report ...

More than 9.3 million U.S. students attended a rural school last year. A new report examines factors that affect them like poverty, academic achievement, and diversity.

The report also found that rural schools districts saw an approximately 14% decline in enrollment from 2012-2020, compared to an under 1% decline in the state overall.

The new requirements would have kicked an estimated 800 schools out of the program next school year, and superintendents were bracing for budget cuts of $30,000 to $100,000.

The Britton Deerfield School District in Lenawee County, in the very southeast corner of the state, for example, has seen enrollment decrease from 754 students in the 2013-14 school year to 377 in ...

As many as two in five rural students live in poverty; one in eight students has changed residences in the past 12 months; and one in four is a student of color, according to the Rural School and ...

About seven in 10 rural families nationwide live within 10 miles of a private elementary school. Rural areas are also seeing the rise of microschools, a modern reimagining of the one-room schoolhouse.

Rural districts rely more heavily on the state for school funding due to lower local revenue generation. Tennessee faces stagnant state revenues and a possible $1.6 billion business tax cut, and ...

Rural schools in Alaska are plagued with health and safety issues. The state has failed for nearly two decades to provide the funding needed to fix them, despite repeated requests.

As a state budget takes shape in Massachusetts, several lawmakers continue to fight for more rural school funding. Advocates for a bill refiled this session say rising costs and declining ...