This study assessed the educational status of 284 students displaced by the closure of the Intermountain Inter-Tribal School (IIS), a majority of whose students had been referred because they were difficult to serve. Educational status was gauged by the holding power of the schools to which the students were sent, dropout and expulsion rates, and academic status relative to promotion. Nearly half of the high risk group were not in school by May 1985, one year after the closing of the IIS; figures for medium- and low-risk groups were 23.9% and 16.7% respectively. Data indicate that 59% of the displaced students failed to make academic progress sufficient to justify grade promotion or graduation. A survey of agency personnel indicates a generally negative perception of the quality of services available at schools to which IIS students were sent. The study revealed no evidence that anything was done at any of the remaining schools to upgrade facilities and services to meet the special needs of the displaced students. The data from this survey fail to justify the rationale used for closing the IIS. Students were worse off because of the closure. Appendices include information about tribal membership, instruments used in the study, and the report of a preliminary follow-up study dated October 1984. (SKW)