Best Public Schools in Bonner, MT

Summary:

The city of Bonner, Montana is home to 4 schools, including 2 elementary schools and 2 middle schools, but no high schools or alternative schools. While the schools in this area vary in their performance and student demographics, a few standout institutions emerge from the data.

The clear academic leader in Bonner is Potomac School, an elementary school that ranked 68th out of 332 Montana elementary schools and earned a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. With a diverse student population and a low student-teacher ratio of 11.3, Potomac School outperforms its peers in the area. The other top-performing school is Potomac 7-8, a middle school that ranked 30th out of 187 Montana middle schools and also earned a 4-star rating, despite having an extremely small enrollment of just 14 students.

In contrast, the other two schools in Bonner, Bonner School and Bonner 6-8, do not perform as well, suggesting potential disparities in resources and educational quality between the Bonner Elementary and Potomac Elementary districts. Further investigation would be needed to fully understand the factors driving these performance differences and ensure equitable educational opportunities for all students in the Bonner area.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2023)				Ranking (2022)				Montana State Tests Mathematics (2023)	Montana State Tests Reading (2023)	Montana State Tests Science (2023)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Montana State Tests Mathematics All Grades	Montana State Tests Reading All Grades	Montana State Tests Science All Grades	Total
Bonner School	Public	PK, KG-5	9045 Hwy 200 E	Bonner	59823	Missoula County	Bonner Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 258-6151	234	20	11.7		207 (88.5%)	1 (0.4%)	10 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.8%)	62	132^nd of 332 public elementary schools	60.2%		29.7	267^th of 329 public elementary schools	18.8%	135	41.1	43.2	47.1	$13,760
Bonner 6-8	Public	6-8	9045 Hwy 200 E	Bonner	59823	Missoula County	Bonner Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 258-6151	122	9	13.4		107 (87.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	1 (0.8%)	7 (5.7%)	19.3	155^th of 187 public middle schools	17.1%		14.4	167^th of 190 public middle schools	12.1%	12	18.5	33.6	17.1	$13,602
Potomac School	Public	PK, KG-6	29750 Potomac Road	Bonner	59823	Missoula County	Potomac Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 244-5581	91	8	11.3		76 (83.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.4%)	2 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	8 (8.8%)	78.9	68^th of 332 public elementary schools	79.5%		40.8	235^th of 329 public elementary schools	28.6%	167	52.6	55.3		$13,776
Potomac 7-8	Public	7-8	29750 Potomac Road	Bonner	59823	Missoula County	Potomac Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 244-5581	14	2	5.8		12 (85.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	78.3	30^th of 187 public middle schools	84.0%		92.9	7^th of 190 public middle schools	96.3%	23	53.9	53.9		$25,108

Cities Near Bonner

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Clinton	8.27 mi	2	41^st
Greenough	9.86 mi	1
Missoula	16 mi	23	31^st
Seeley Lake	21.83 mi	3	108^th
Lolo	22.88 mi	4	109^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Montana Office of Public Instruction.

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