Best Public Schools in Lewis and Clark 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
Kessler Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2420 Choteau Street	Helena	59601	Lewis and Clark County	Helena Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 324-1700	248	17	14.3	21.0%	208 (83.9%)	4 (1.6%)	25 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	42.4	216^th of 332 public elementary schools	34.9%		55.6	171^st of 329 public elementary schools	48.0%	45	27.6	36.2	40.5	$13,004
Broadwater School	Public	PK, KG-5	900 Hollins	Helena	59601	Lewis and Clark County	Helena Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 324-1130	247	17	14.8	44.5%	203 (82.2%)	4 (1.6%)	21 (8.5%)	1 (0.4%)	11 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.8%)	58.2	152^nd of 332 public elementary schools	54.2%		34.7	253^rd of 329 public elementary schools	23.1%	101	33.9	45.5	46.9	$14,023
Bryant School	Public	PK, KG-5	1529 Boulder	Helena	59601	Lewis and Clark County	Helena Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 324-1200	336	24	14.1	58.6%	236 (70.2%)	1 (0.3%)	59 (17.6%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.9%)	27.9	260^th of 332 public elementary schools	21.7%		45.5	215^th of 329 public elementary schools	34.7%	45	25.9	29.5	28.6	$13,787
Central School	Public	PK, KG-5	1325 Poplar	Helena	59601	Lewis and Clark County	Helena Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 324-1230	284	21	13.3	41.5%	237 (83.5%)	4 (1.4%)	20 (7.0%)	1 (0.4%)	17 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.8%)	57.9	154^th of 332 public elementary schools	53.6%		78.8	79^th of 329 public elementary schools	76.0%	75	38.7	49.7	37.3	$15,562
Four Georgians School	Public	PK, KG-5	555 Custer Avenue	Helena	59601	Lewis and Clark County	Helena Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 324-1300	459	27	17.0	18.3%	389 (84.7%)	4 (0.9%)	34 (7.4%)	6 (1.3%)	11 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (3.1%)	81.8	56^th of 332 public elementary schools	83.1%		76.1	88^th of 329 public elementary schools	73.3%	32	47.7	56.7	60.3	$12,106
Hawthorne School	Public	PK, KG-5	430 Madison Avenue	Helena	59601	Lewis and Clark County	Helena Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 324-1370	210	14	15.0	12.9%	174 (82.9%)	1 (0.5%)	16 (7.6%)	1 (0.5%)	8 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.8%)	65.8	120^th of 332 public elementary schools	63.9%		70.4	116^th of 329 public elementary schools	64.7%	4	49.5	52.7	35.7	$13,655
Jefferson School	Public	PK, KG-5	1023 Broadway	Helena	59601	Lewis and Clark County	Helena Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 324-2060	247	14	17.5	11.3%	214 (86.6%)	1 (0.4%)	19 (7.7%)	2 (0.8%)	5 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)	97.3	5^th of 332 public elementary schools	98.5%		98.2	6^th of 329 public elementary schools	98.2%	1	67.4	77.0	72.1	$13,437
Warren School	Public	PK, KG-5	2690 Old York Road	Helena	59602	Lewis and Clark County	Helena Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 324-1600	307	17	18.4	30.6%	271 (88.3%)	2 (0.7%)	16 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.6%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	67.3	114^th of 332 public elementary schools	65.7%		83.6	66^th of 329 public elementary schools	79.9%	48	48.3	44.3	46.8	$13,083
Helena Middle School	Public	6-8	1025 North Rodney	Helena	59601	Lewis and Clark County	Helena Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 324-1000	671	43	15.6	29.7%	562 (83.8%)	8 (1.2%)	43 (6.4%)	4 (0.6%)	17 (2.5%)	1 (0.1%)	36 (5.4%)	75.1	37^th of 187 public middle schools	80.2%		51.8	103^rd of 190 public middle schools	45.8%	66	45.0	51.9	54.8	$13,235
C R Anderson Middle School	Public	6-8	1200 Knight St	Helena	59601	Lewis and Clark County	Helena Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 324-2800	1,016	57	17.7	20.9%	884 (87.0%)	6 (0.6%)	50 (4.9%)	4 (0.4%)	19 (1.9%)	2 (0.2%)	51 (5.0%)	76.4	36^th of 187 public middle schools	80.7%		70.3	56^th of 190 public middle schools	70.5%	20	39.3	58.8	57.3	$12,077
Radley Elementary School	Public	3-5	226 E Clinton	East Helena	59635	Lewis and Clark County	East Helena K-12	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 227-7710	421	23	18.1	40.6%	352 (83.6%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.4%)								(n/a)
Eastgate School	Public	PK-K	4010 Gradestake	East Helena	59635	Lewis and Clark County	East Helena K-12	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 227-7770	149	12	12.4	41.6%	118 (79.2%)	1 (0.7%)	8 (5.4%)	1 (0.7%)	6 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (10.1%)								(n/a)				$10,712
East Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	401 E Kalispell	East Helena	59635	Lewis and Clark County	East Helena K-12	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 227-7740	478	26	18.5	40.2%	390 (81.6%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (7.7%)	2 (0.4%)	12 (2.5%)	2 (0.4%)	34 (7.1%)	49	99^th of 187 public middle schools	47.1%		50	111^th of 190 public middle schools	41.6%	12	29.4	37.7	46.7	$9,346
Prickly Pear Elementary	Public	1-2	2520 Valley Drive	East Helena	59635	Lewis and Clark County	East Helena K-12	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 227-7700	285	18	16.1	44.6%	237 (83.2%)	1 (0.4%)	21 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.5%)	1 (0.4%)	18 (6.3%)								(n/a)				$11,531
East Helena High School	Public	9-12	2760 Valley Drive	East Helena	59635	Lewis and Clark County	East Helena K-12	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 227-7700	582	32	18.1	33.7%	486 (83.5%)	2 (0.3%)	31 (5.3%)	5 (0.9%)	13 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (7.7%)	43.4	63^rd of 124 public high schools	49.2%		35	48^th of 114 public high schools	57.9%	15	24.8	52.0	29.7	$10,380
Capital High School	Public	9-12	100 Valley Drive	Helena	59601	Lewis and Clark County	Helena High School	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 324-2500	1,367	85	16.0	16.4%	1,190 (87.1%)	9 (0.7%)	74 (5.4%)	15 (1.1%)	29 (2.1%)	2 (0.1%)	47 (3.4%)	72.5	17^th of 124 public high schools	86.3%		46.4	24^th of 114 public high schools	78.9%	7	43.1	66.0	40.4	$12,603
Helena High School	Public	9-12	1300 Billings Avenue	Helena	59601	Lewis and Clark County	Helena High School	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 324-2200	1,087	74	14.6	20.0%	897 (82.5%)	17 (1.6%)	69 (6.3%)	13 (1.2%)	34 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (5.2%)	59.1	34^th of 124 public high schools	72.6%		43.8	29^th of 114 public high schools	74.6%	5	36.6	61.9	31.4	$13,857
Smith School	Public	PK, KG-5	2320 5th Avenue	Helena	59601	Lewis and Clark County	Helena Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 324-1530	292	20	14.7	24.0%	203 (69.5%)	5 (1.7%)	67 (22.9%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)	68.7	105^th of 332 public elementary schools	68.4%		87.3	46^th of 329 public elementary schools	86.0%	59	44.9	53.6	42.1	$14,115
Jim Darcy School	Public	PK, KG-5	990 Lincoln Road West	Helena	59602	Lewis and Clark County	Helena Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 324-1410	486	25	19.4	9.9%	445 (91.6%)	4 (0.8%)	25 (5.1%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	53.7	171^st of 332 public elementary schools	48.5%		55	177^th of 329 public elementary schools	46.2%	6	31.2	41.5	47.6	$12,351
Rossiter School	Public	PK, KG-5	1497 Sierra Road East	Helena	59602	Lewis and Clark County	Helena Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 324-1500	370	24	15.4	25.4%	310 (83.8%)	8 (2.2%)	38 (10.3%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.7%)	60	142^nd of 332 public elementary schools	57.2%		57.1	164^th of 329 public elementary schools	50.2%	22	42.5	43.3	42.6	$13,483
Augusta Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	410 Broadway	Augusta	59410	Lewis and Clark County	Augusta Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 562-3384	80	7	10.7	46.3%	69 (86.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (7.5%)	68.4	106^th of 332 public elementary schools	68.1%		86.8	53^rd of 329 public elementary schools	83.9%	53	45.5	45.5	50.0	$13,650
Augusta 7-8	Public	7-8	410 Broadway	Augusta	59410	Lewis and Clark County	Augusta Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 562-3384	12	3	4.7	58.3%	11 (91.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	87.8	11^th of 187 public middle schools	94.1%		55.2	89^th of 190 public middle schools	53.2%	78	55.6	61.1	60.0	$11,304
Augusta High School	Public	9-12	410 Broadway	Augusta	59410	Lewis and Clark County	Augusta High School	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 562-3384	29	5	5.5	62.1%	23 (79.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (10.3%)	1 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (6.9%)								(n/a)				$33,987
Auchard Creek School	Public	PK, KG-8	9605 Hwy 287	Wolf Creek	59648	Lewis and Clark County	Auchard Creek Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 562-3528	16	1	16.0	81.3%	16 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)				$15,400
Lincoln Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	808 Main Street	Lincoln	59639	Lewis and Clark County	Lincoln K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 362-4201	85	8	10.0	100.0%	74 (87.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (10.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.4%)	78.7	70^th of 332 public elementary schools	78.9%		60.2	149^th of 329 public elementary schools	54.7%	79	50.0	75.0	40.0	$16,671
Lincoln High School	Public	9-12	808 Main Street	Lincoln	59639	Lewis and Clark County	Lincoln K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 362-4201	46	6	7.7	100.0%	41 (89.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (6.5%)								(n/a)				$16,338
Lincoln 7-8	Public	7-8	808 Main Street	Lincoln	59639	Lewis and Clark County	Lincoln K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 362-4201	18	2	7.7	100.0%	15 (83.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (11.1%)	55.3	83^rd of 187 public middle schools	55.6%		73.1	51^st of 190 public middle schools	73.2%	32	29.2	50.0	42.9	$24,350
Trinity School	Public	PK, KG-8	7435 Duffy Lane	Canyon Creek	59633	Lewis and Clark County	Trinity Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 368-2230	41	3	13.2		39 (95.1%)	1 (2.4%)	1 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	94.2	17^th of 332 public elementary schools	94.9%		90.7	25^th of 329 public elementary schools	92.4%	8	75.0	66.7		$11,123
Wolf Creek School	Public	PK, KG-6	c/o Young 150 Walsh St	Wolf Creek	59648	Lewis and Clark County	Wolf Creek Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 235-4241	10	1	10.0	30.0%	7 (70.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (30.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)				$27,523

Best Public Schools in Lewis and Clark County, MT

Jefferson School

Trinity School

Augusta 7-8

Four Georgians School

Lincoln Elementary School

C R Anderson Middle School

Helena Middle School

Capital High School

Smith School

Augusta Elementary School

Warren School

Hawthorne School

Rossiter School

Helena High School

Broadwater School

Central School

Lincoln 7-8

Jim Darcy School

East Valley Middle School

East Helena High School

Kessler Elementary School

Bryant School

Auchard Creek School

Augusta High School

Eastgate School

Lincoln High School

Prickly Pear Elementary

Radley Elementary School

Wolf Creek School

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