Best Public Schools in Cascade County, Montana & Rankings

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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
Chief Joseph School	Public	PK, KG-6	5305 3rd Avenue South	Great Falls	59405	Cascade County	Great Falls Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 268-6675	268	23	11.9		174 (64.9%)	4 (1.5%)	31 (11.6%)	2 (0.7%)	13 (4.9%)	1 (0.4%)	43 (16.0%)	60.7	138^th of 332 public elementary schools	58.4%		53.9	180^th of 329 public elementary schools	45.3%	42	49.3	49.3	32.4	$13,502
Lewis & Clark School	Public	PK, KG-6	3800 1st Avenue South	Great Falls	59405	Cascade County	Great Falls Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 268-6705	349	21	16.6		259 (74.2%)	1 (0.3%)	36 (10.3%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (11.2%)	39.9	227^th of 332 public elementary schools	31.6%		49.7	200^th of 329 public elementary schools	39.2%	27	30.3	38.5	32.8	$11,811
Lincoln School	Public	PK, KG-6	624 27th Street South	Great Falls	59405	Cascade County	Great Falls Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 268-6800	360	22	16.2		266 (73.9%)	4 (1.1%)	26 (7.2%)	3 (0.8%)	19 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (11.7%)	62.1	130^th of 332 public elementary schools	60.8%		71.6	108^th of 329 public elementary schools	67.2%	22	39.8	47.6	43.6	$11,757
Longfellow School	Public	PK, KG-6	1100 6th Ave So	Great Falls	59405	Cascade County	Great Falls Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 268-6845	313	22	13.9		128 (40.9%)	5 (1.6%)	32 (10.2%)	2 (0.6%)	77 (24.6%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (22.0%)	8.8	306^th of 332 public elementary schools	7.8%		9	309^th of 329 public elementary schools	6.1%	3	10.4	17.4	16.1	$12,979
Loy School	Public	PK, KG-6	501 57th Street North	Great Falls	59405	Cascade County	Great Falls Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 268-6885	389	24	16.0		269 (69.2%)	13 (3.3%)	56 (14.4%)	5 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (11.6%)	66.1	119^th of 332 public elementary schools	64.2%		87.2	50^th of 329 public elementary schools	84.8%	69	40.7	50.6	45.5	$11,256
Meadow Lark School	Public	PK, KG-6	2204 Fox Farm Road	Great Falls	59404	Cascade County	Great Falls Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 268-7300	555	24	22.6		468 (84.3%)	5 (0.9%)	33 (5.9%)	3 (0.5%)	10 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.5%)	94.8	12^th of 332 public elementary schools	96.4%		95.5	17^th of 329 public elementary schools	94.8%	5	61.4	68.5	79.3	$10,171
Morningside School	Public	PK, KG-6	4119 7th Avenue North	Great Falls	59401	Cascade County	Great Falls Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 268-6960	206	16	12.5		144 (69.9%)	1 (0.5%)	20 (9.7%)	1 (0.5%)	13 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (13.1%)	51.3	185^th of 332 public elementary schools	44.3%		58.8	153^rd of 329 public elementary schools	53.5%	32	32.8	41.0	42.9	$14,155
Mountain View School	Public	PK, KG-6	3420 15th Avenue South	Great Falls	59405	Cascade County	Great Falls Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 268-7305	433	31	13.9		282 (65.1%)	6 (1.4%)	37 (8.5%)	3 (0.7%)	41 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (14.8%)	35.5	241^st of 332 public elementary schools	27.4%		31.4	261^st of 329 public elementary schools	20.7%	20	27.4	37.1	31.1	$13,489
Riverview School	Public	PK, KG-6	100 Smelter Avenue	Great Falls	59404	Cascade County	Great Falls Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 268-7015	427	22	19.2		332 (77.8%)	4 (0.9%)	21 (4.9%)	2 (0.5%)	18 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (11.7%)	74	86^th of 332 public elementary schools	74.1%		75.5	91^st of 329 public elementary schools	72.3%	5	40.8	52.2	59.0	$10,928
Sacajawea School	Public	PK, KG-6	630 Sacajawea Drive	Great Falls	59404	Cascade County	Great Falls Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 268-7080	407	22	18.2		328 (80.6%)	2 (0.5%)	30 (7.4%)	3 (0.7%)	10 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (8.4%)	71.3	96^th of 332 public elementary schools	71.1%		74.9	95^th of 329 public elementary schools	71.1%	1	47.4	51.8	45.5	$11,218
Sunnyside School	Public	PK, KG-6	1800 19th Street South	Great Falls	59405	Cascade County	Great Falls Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 268-7115	423	26	16.5		261 (61.7%)	9 (2.1%)	46 (10.9%)	2 (0.5%)	44 (10.4%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (14.4%)	36.7	236^th of 332 public elementary schools	28.9%		55.8	168^th of 329 public elementary schools	48.9%	68	31.5	34.6	31.0	$11,129
Valley View School	Public	PK, KG-6	900 Avenue A NW	Great Falls	59404	Cascade County	Great Falls Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 268-7145	296	23	12.7		224 (75.7%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (8.1%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (11.8%)	41.4	224^th of 332 public elementary schools	32.5%		44.5	219^th of 329 public elementary schools	33.4%	5	19.4	37.5	45.0	$13,144
Whittier School	Public	PK, KG-6	305 8th Street North	Great Falls	59401	Cascade County	Great Falls Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 268-7230	199	20	9.9		82 (41.2%)	1 (0.5%)	21 (10.6%)	2 (1.0%)	51 (25.6%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (21.1%)	10.5	304^th of 332 public elementary schools	8.4%		21.8	281^st of 329 public elementary schools	14.6%	23	11.9	11.1	21.2	$14,992
West Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1205 1st Avenue NW	Great Falls	59404	Cascade County	Great Falls Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 268-7180	463	29	15.7		328 (70.8%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (10.2%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (14.0%)	14.7	292^nd of 332 public elementary schools	12.0%		23.6	278^th of 329 public elementary schools	15.5%	14	16.2	23.5	20.3	$11,059
East Middle School	Public	7-8	4040 Central Avenue	Great Falls	59405	Cascade County	Great Falls Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 268-6500	788	56	14.0		527 (66.9%)	12 (1.5%)	65 (8.2%)	11 (1.4%)	77 (9.8%)	1 (0.1%)	95 (12.1%)	43.9	111^th of 187 public middle schools	40.6%		52.3	102^nd of 190 public middle schools	46.3%	9	30.6	43.9	32.7	$13,093
North Middle School	Public	7-8	2601 8th Street NE	Great Falls	59404	Cascade County	Great Falls Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 268-6525	724	52	13.9		559 (77.2%)	6 (0.8%)	46 (6.4%)	9 (1.2%)	39 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (9.0%)	72.4	45^th of 187 public middle schools	75.9%		80.1	33^rd of 190 public middle schools	82.6%	12	44.1	52.1	50.1	$13,151
Giant Springs Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	520 32nd Street North	Great Falls	59401	Cascade County	Great Falls Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 268-7045	432	26	16.6		308 (71.3%)	4 (0.9%)	31 (7.2%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (7.2%)	4 (0.9%)	53 (12.3%)	49	192^nd of 332 public elementary schools	42.2%		52	188^th of 329 public elementary schools	42.9%	4	28.9	41.7	42.9	$10,355
C M Russell High School	Public	9-12	228 17th Avenue NW	Great Falls	59404	Cascade County	Great Falls High School	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 268-6100	1,454	91	16.0		1,159 (79.7%)	17 (1.2%)	84 (5.8%)	10 (0.7%)	88 (6.1%)	4 (0.3%)	92 (6.3%)	48.9	51^st of 124 public high schools	58.9%		43	32^nd of 114 public high schools	71.9%	19	32.0	51.6	30.6	$9,718
Great Falls High School	Public	9-12	1900 2nd Avenue South	Great Falls	59405	Cascade County	Great Falls High School	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 268-6250	1,641	105	15.6		1,142 (69.6%)	26 (1.6%)	104 (6.3%)	17 (1.0%)	211 (12.9%)	5 (0.3%)	136 (8.3%)	31.1	84^th of 124 public high schools	32.3%		22.2	80^th of 114 public high schools	29.8%	4	22.1	43.1	23.4	$9,667
MT School For Deaf & Blnd High School	Public	9-12	3911 Central Ave	Great Falls	59405	Cascade County	Mont School for Deaf Blind	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 771-6017	15	12	1.2		11 (73.3%)	1 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (6.7%)	2 (13.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
MT School For Deaf & Blnd Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	3911 Central Ave	Great Falls	59405	Cascade County	Mont School for Deaf Blind	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 771-6017	25	10	2.5		21 (84.0%)	1 (4.0%)	1 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.0%)								(n/a)
Big Stone School	Public	PK, KG-8	251 Goonhill Road	Sand Coulee	59472	Cascade County	Centerville Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 736-5167	23	2	11.2		23 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51.5	184^th of 332 public elementary schools	44.6%		56.1	166^th of 329 public elementary schools	49.5%	18	56.3	25.0		$9,154
Centerville 6-8	Public	6-8	693 Stockett Rd	Sand Coulee	59472	Cascade County	Centerville Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 736-5167	55	4	12.3		47 (85.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.6%)	46.8	101^st of 187 public middle schools	46.0%		51	106^th of 190 public middle schools	44.2%	5	35.7	35.7	38.9	$12,568
Hill Top Colony School	Public	PK, KG-8	909 Spring Creek Road	Sand Coulee	59480	Cascade County	Centerville Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 736-5169	22	2	10.7		22 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Grass Land Colony School	Public	PK, KG-8	714 Eden Rd	Great Falls	59405	Cascade County	Centerville Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 736-5322	21	2	10.2		21 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8.1	308^th of 332 public elementary schools	7.2%		16	294^th of 329 public elementary schools	10.6%	14	0.0	25.0		$10,415
Centerville High School	Public	9-12	693 Stockett Rd	Sand Coulee	59472	Cascade County	Centerville High School	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 736-5167	69	7	9.4		60 (87.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.3%)	29.7	88^th of 124 public high schools	29.0%		70.8	8^th of 114 public high schools	93.0%	80	30.8	38.5	15.4	$19,125
Ulm School	Public	PK, KG-5	6 Ulm-Vaughn Road	Ulm	59485	Cascade County	Ulm Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 866-3313	87	7	12.1		82 (94.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.3%)	67.6	111^th of 332 public elementary schools	66.6%		89.5	34^th of 329 public elementary schools	89.7%	77	41.0	51.3	46.7	$11,242
Fairhaven Colony	Public	PK, KG-8	9 Miles SW of Ulm	Ulm	59485	Cascade County	Ulm Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 866-3313	36	2	16.3		35 (97.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19.3	283^rd of 332 public elementary schools	14.8%		16	295^th of 329 public elementary schools	10.3%	12	16.0	32.0		$7,985
Ulm Junior High	Public	6-8	6 Ulm Vaughn Road	Ulm	59485	Cascade County	Ulm Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 866-3313	15	3	5.0		13 (86.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (13.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	81	26^th of 187 public middle schools	86.1%		37.8	131^st of 190 public middle schools	31.1%	105	81.3	50.0		$16,078
Belt School	Public	PK, KG-6	1 Church Street	Belt	59412	Cascade County	Belt Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 277-3351	197	12	16.2		190 (96.4%)	2 (1.0%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	75.8	82^nd of 332 public elementary schools	75.3%		87.2	47^th of 329 public elementary schools	85.7%	35	60.8	46.4	50.0	$11,154
Pleasant Valley School	Public	PK, KG-8	1 Church Street	Belt	59412	Cascade County	Belt Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 277-3351	24	2	12.0		24 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43.1	213^th of 332 public elementary schools	35.8%		46.7	211^th of 329 public elementary schools	35.9%	2	47.4	21.1		$10,541
Belt 7-8	Public	7-8	1 Church Street	Belt	59412	Cascade County	Belt Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 277-3351	50	4	12.5		43 (86.0%)	1 (2.0%)	6 (12.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	97.7	4^th of 187 public middle schools	97.9%		90.4	11^th of 190 public middle schools	94.2%	7	73.1	75.0	73.1	$10,488
Belt High School	Public	9-12	1 Church Street	Belt	59412	Cascade County	Belt High School	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 277-3351	91	7	13.4		87 (95.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	86.7	6^th of 124 public high schools	95.2%		69	9^th of 114 public high schools	92.1%	3	53.9	65.4	53.9	$17,056
Vaughn School	Public	PK, KG-6	480 Central Avenue	Vaughn	59487	Cascade County	Vaughn Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 965-2231	125	9	14.0		91 (72.8%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (8.8%)	1 (0.8%)	10 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (9.6%)	48	195^th of 332 public elementary schools	41.3%		34.7	252^nd of 329 public elementary schools	23.4%	57	23.4	39.1	50.0	$12,332
Vaughn 7-8	Public	7-8	480 Central Avenue	Vaughn	59487	Cascade County	Vaughn Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 965-2231	20	3	7.5		14 (70.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (10.0%)	1 (5.0%)	2 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.0%)	38.3	127^th of 187 public middle schools	32.1%		12.5	170^th of 190 public middle schools	10.5%	43	26.3	42.1		$16,855
Cascade School	Public	PK, KG-5	321 Central Ave W	Cascade	59421	Cascade County	Cascade Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 468-2671	146	10	14.7		125 (85.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.8%)	76.8	81^st of 332 public elementary schools	75.6%		83.2	68^th of 329 public elementary schools	79.3%	13	45.7	54.3	53.9	$10,513
Cascade 6-8	Public	6-8	321 Central Ave W	Cascade	59421	Cascade County	Cascade Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 468-2267	75	4	18.3		70 (93.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	1 (1.3%)	2 (2.7%)	87.5	12^th of 187 public middle schools	93.6%		84.2	24^th of 190 public middle schools	87.4%	12	59.5	65.3	51.7	$12,382
Cascade High School	Public	9-12	321 Central Ave W	Cascade	59421	Cascade County	Cascade High School	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 468-2267	101	8	13.2		86 (85.1%)	1 (1.0%)	11 (10.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.0%)	36	79^th of 124 public high schools	36.3%		47.1	23^rd of 114 public high schools	79.8%	56	20.0	50.0	25.0	$16,445
Fort Shaw Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	School Loop Road	Fort Shaw	59443	Cascade County	Sun River Valley Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 264-5110	105	9	11.3		95 (90.5%)	1 (1.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)	78.2	74^th of 332 public elementary schools	77.7%		86.9	52^nd of 329 public elementary schools	84.2%	22	55.6	50.0	52.6	$17,517
Cascade Colony School	Public	PK, KG-8	508 Birdtail Road	Sun River	59483	Cascade County	Sun River Valley Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 264-5104	16	1	32.0		16 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	94.8	13^th of 332 public elementary schools	96.1%		36.5	246^th of 329 public elementary schools	25.2%	233	63.6	72.7		$2,754
Centerville School	Public	PK, KG-5	693 Stockett Rd	Sand Coulee	59472	Cascade County	Centerville Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 736-5167	116	10	12.0		103 (88.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.3%)	46.1	201^st of 332 public elementary schools	39.5%		40.3	238^th of 329 public elementary schools	27.7%	37	51.2	45.2	5.6	$11,652
Simms High School	Public	9-12	123 Walker Street	Simms	59477	Cascade County	Simms High School	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 264-5110	101	10	10.4		89 (88.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (7.9%)	42.2	66^th of 124 public high schools	46.8%		24.3	76^th of 114 public high schools	33.3%	10	37.9	44.8	20.7	$20,815
Sun River Middle School	Public	6-8	123 Walker Street	Simms	59477	Cascade County	Sun River Valley Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 264-5110	57	4	13.1		50 (87.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.5%)	45.8	105^th of 187 public middle schools	43.9%		46	116^th of 190 public middle schools	38.9%	11	35.6	40.7	33.3	$15,227

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