Best School Districts in Montana

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Rank (of 300)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2023)	Rank (2022)	Rank change from 2022
155^th	Absarokee Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Absarokee	Stillwater County	0.485	191	36
	Absarokee High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Absarokee	Stillwater County			(n/a)
264^th	Alberton K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Alberton	Mineral County	0.132	265	1
	Alder Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Alder	Madison County			(n/a)
	Alzada Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Alzada	Carter County			(n/a)
3^rd	Amsterdam Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Manhattan	Gallatin County	0.988	10	7
219^th	Anaconda Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Anaconda	Deer Lodge County	0.297	236	17
267^th	Anaconda High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Anaconda	Deer Lodge County	0.105	237	30
1^st	Anderson Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Bozeman	Gallatin County	0.996	7	6
266^th	Arlee Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Arlee	Lake County	0.106	263	3
261^st	Arlee High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Arlee	Lake County	0.137	244	17
171^st	Arrowhead Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Livingston	Park County	0.431	173	2
272^nd	Ashland Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Ashland	Rosebud County	0.094	287	15
	Auchard Creek Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Wolf Creek	Lewis and Clark County			(n/a)
49^th	Augusta Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Augusta	Lewis and Clark County	0.811	78	29
	Augusta High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Augusta	Lewis and Clark County			(n/a)
5^th	Avon Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Avon	Powell County	0.967	3	2
	Ayers Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Grass Range	Fergus County			(n/a)
112^th	Bainville K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Bainville	Roosevelt County	0.627	137	25
165^th	Baker K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Baker	Fallon County	0.446	161	4
	Basin Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Basin	Jefferson County			(n/a)
	Bear Paw Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Chinook	Blaine County			(n/a)
42^nd	Beaverhead County High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Dillon	Beaverhead County	0.823	87	45
	Belfry K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Belfry	Carbon County			(n/a)
77^th	Belgrade Elementary	PK, KG-8	3	1	0	0	Belgrade	Gallatin County	0.72	50	27
121^st	Belgrade High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Belgrade	Gallatin County	0.605	165	44
88^th	Belt Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Belt	Cascade County	0.697	70	18
7^th	Belt High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Belt	Cascade County	0.952	21	14
	Benton Lake Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Floweree	Chouteau County			(n/a)
	Biddle Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Biddle	Powder River County			(n/a)
244^th	Big Sandy K-12	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Big Sandy	Chouteau County	0.215	102	142
73^rd	Big Sky School K-12	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Gallatin Gateway	Gallatin County	0.731	49	24
143^rd	Big Timber Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Big Timber	Sweet Grass County	0.523	46	97
85^th	Bigfork Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Bigfork	Flathead County	0.703	71	14
63^rd	Bigfork High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Bigfork	Flathead County	0.766	68	5
169^th	Billings Elementary	PK, KG-8	22	6	0	0	Billings	Yellowstone County	0.436	190	21
160^th	Billings High School	9-12	0	0	3	0	Billings	Yellowstone County	0.462	109	51
	Birney Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Birney	Rosebud County			(n/a)
	Bloomfield Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Bloomfield	Dawson County			(n/a)
102^nd	Blue Creek Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Billings	Yellowstone County	0.651	186	84
185^th	Bonner Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Bonner	Missoula County	0.387	256	71
150^th	Boulder Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Boulder	Jefferson County	0.5	86	64
268^th	Box Elder Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Box Elder	Hill County	0.104	276	8
270^th	Box Elder High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Box Elder	Hill County	0.097	262	8
25^th	Bozeman Elementary	PK, KG-8	9	2	0	0	Bozeman	Gallatin County	0.883	32	7
21^st	Bozeman High School	9-12	0	0	2	0	Bozeman	Gallatin County	0.899	16	5
197^th	Bridger K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Bridger	Carbon County	0.353	122	75
216^th	Broadus Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Broadus	Powder River County	0.303	192	24
105^th	Broadview Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Broadview	Yellowstone County	0.644	66	39
60^th	Broadview High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Broadview	Yellowstone County	0.774	2	58
292^nd	Brockton Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Brockton	Roosevelt County	0.028	281	11
295^th	Brockton High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Brockton	Roosevelt County	0.016		(n/a)
	Brorson Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Sidney	Richland County			(n/a)
269^th	Browning Elementary	PK, KG-8	6	1	0	0	Browning	Glacier County	0.098	259	10
284^th	Browning High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Browning	Glacier County	0.056	283	1
122^nd	Butte Elementary	PK, KG-8	6	1	0	0	Butte	Silver Bow County	0.602	129	7
182^nd	Butte High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Butte	Silver Bow County	0.395	196	14
273^rd	Bynum Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Bynum	Teton County	0.093	245	28
133^rd	Canyon Creek Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Billings	Yellowstone County	0.578	130	3
33^rd	Cardwell Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Cardwell	Jefferson County	0.843	30	3
	Carter County High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Ekalaka	Carter County			(n/a)
	Carter Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Carter	Chouteau County			(n/a)
31^st	Cascade Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Cascade	Cascade County	0.846	37	6
192^nd	Cascade High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Cascade	Cascade County	0.363	47	145
64^th	Cayuse Prairie Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Kalispell	Flathead County	0.765	113	49
200^th	Centerville Elementary	PK, KG-8	4	1	0	0	Sand Coulee	Cascade County	0.343	208	8
221^st	Centerville High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Sand Coulee	Cascade County	0.29	16	205
87^th	Charlo Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Charlo	Lake County	0.701	41	46
101^st	Charlo High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Charlo	Lake County	0.653	149	48
	Chester-Joplin-Inverness Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Chester	Liberty County			(n/a)
22^nd	Chester-Joplin-Inverness High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Chester	Liberty County	0.887		(n/a)
255^th	Chinook Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Chinook	Blaine County	0.156	243	12
242^nd	Chinook High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Chinook	Blaine County	0.218	159	83
194^th	Choteau Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Choteau	Teton County	0.358	180	14
17^th	Choteau High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Choteau	Teton County	0.911	42	25
62^nd	Circle Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	2	0	0	Circle	McCone County	0.771	65	3
79^th	Circle High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Circle	McCone County	0.718	238	159
58^th	Clancy Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Clancy	Jefferson County	0.775	39	19
	Cleveland Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Chinook	Blaine County			(n/a)
90^th	Clinton Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Clinton	Missoula County	0.693	77	13
	Cohagen Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Cohagen	Garfield County			(n/a)
243^rd	Colstrip Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Colstrip	Rosebud County	0.216	232	11
227^th	Colstrip High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Colstrip	Rosebud County	0.266	250	23
161^st	Columbia Falls Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Columbia Falls	Flathead County	0.46	160	1
178^th	Columbia Falls High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Columbia Falls	Flathead County	0.411	105	73
95^th	Columbus Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Columbus	Stillwater County	0.679	60	35
103^rd	Columbus High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Columbus	Stillwater County	0.645	111	8
71^st	Conrad Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	2	0	0	Conrad	Pondera County	0.741	75	4
173^rd	Conrad High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Conrad	Pondera County	0.427	199	26
	Cooke City Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Cooke City	Park County			(n/a)
175^th	Corvallis K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Corvallis	Ravalli County	0.421	108	67
	Cottonwood Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Bozeman	Gallatin County			(n/a)
65^th	Cottonwood Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Havre	Hill County	0.762	24	41
16^th	Creston Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Kalispell	Flathead County	0.913	27	11
205^th	Culbertson Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Culbertson	Roosevelt County	0.322	248	43
275^th	Culbertson High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Culbertson	Roosevelt County	0.089	257	18
188^th	Custer County High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Miles City	Custer County	0.379	174	14
134^th	Custer K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Custer	Yellowstone County	0.574	246	112
251^st	Cut Bank Elementary	PK, KG-8	6	1	0	0	Cut Bank	Glacier County	0.175	253	2
202^nd	Cut Bank High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Cut Bank	Glacier County	0.339	235	33
224^th	Darby K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Darby	Ravalli County	0.278	226	2
	Davey Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Havre	Hill County			(n/a)
141^st	Dawson High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Glendive	Dawson County	0.54	193	52
245^th	Deer Creek Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Glendive	Dawson County	0.214		(n/a)
174^th	Deer Lodge Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Deer Lodge	Powell County	0.425	157	17
40^th	Deer Park Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Columbia Falls	Flathead County	0.828	18	22
260^th	Deerfield Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Lewistown	Fergus County	0.139	218	42
78^th	Denton Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Denton	Fergus County	0.72	5	73
	Denton High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Denton	Fergus County			(n/a)
	Dept of Corrections-Youth	6-12	0	1	1	0	Helena	Lewis and Clark County			(n/a)
100^th	DeSmet Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Missoula	Missoula County	0.658	140	40
81^st	Dillon Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Dillon	Beaverhead County	0.713	51	30
	Divide Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Divide	Silver Bow County			(n/a)
263^rd	Dixon Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Dixon	Sanders County	0.136	227	36
285^th	Dodson K-12	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Dodson	Phillips County	0.055	268	17
99^th	Drummond Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Drummond	Granite County	0.666	69	30
89^th	Drummond High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Drummond	Granite County	0.694	35	54
300^th	Dupuyer Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Dupuyer	Pondera County	0.006	288	12
211^th	Dutton/Brady K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Dutton	Teton County	0.308	213	2
271^st	East Glacier Park Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	E Glacier Park	Glacier County	0.096	266	5
	East Helena K-12	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	East Helena	Lewis and Clark County			(n/a)
203^rd	Ekalaka Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Ekalaka	Carter County	0.334	164	39
193^rd	Elder Grove Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Billings	Yellowstone County	0.36	166	27
208^th	Elliston Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Elliston	Powell County	0.313	124	84
57^th	Elysian Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Billings	Yellowstone County	0.781	40	17
34^th	Ennis K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Ennis	Madison County	0.839	76	42
120^th	Eureka Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Eureka	Lincoln County	0.612	99	21
201^st	Evergreen Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Kalispell	Flathead County	0.341	172	29
67^th	Fairfield Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Fairfield	Teton County	0.755	98	31
11^th	Fairfield High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Fairfield	Teton County	0.935	156	145
84^th	Fair-Mont-Egan Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Kalispell	Flathead County	0.703	94	10
215^th	Fairview Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Fairview	Richland County	0.304	229	14
98^th	Fairview High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Fairview	Richland County	0.669	117	19
70^th	Fergus High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Lewistown	Fergus County	0.742	131	61
	Fishtail Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Fishtail	Stillwater County			(n/a)
109^th	Flathead High School	9-12	0	0	2	0	Kalispell	Flathead County	0.629	87	22
146^th	Florence-Carlton K-12 Schls	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Florence	Ravalli County	0.513	167	21
106^th	Forsyth Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Forsyth	Rosebud County	0.643	90	16
147^th	Forsyth High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Forsyth	Rosebud County	0.508	216	69
28^th	Fort Benton Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Fort Benton	Chouteau County	0.874	26	2
19^th	Fort Benton High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Fort Benton	Chouteau County	0.903	179	160
183^rd	Fortine Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Fortine	Lincoln County	0.392	134	49
294^th	Frazer Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Frazer	Valley County	0.02	297	3
	Frazer High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Frazer	Valley County			(n/a)
131^st	Frenchtown K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Frenchtown	Missoula County	0.58	133	2
129^th	Froid Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Froid	Roosevelt County	0.583	128	1
15^th	Froid High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Froid	Roosevelt County	0.919	169	154
235^th	Fromberg K-12	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Fromberg	Carbon County	0.245	198	37
239^th	Frontier Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Wolf Point	Roosevelt County	0.228	144	95
	Galata Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Galata	Toole County			(n/a)
12^th	Gallatin Gateway Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Gallatin Gateway	Gallatin County	0.929	14	2
80^th	Gardiner Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Gardiner	Park County	0.716	53	27
109^th	Gardiner High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Gardiner	Park County	0.629	9	100
50^th	Garfield County High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Jordan	Garfield County	0.806		(n/a)
	Garrison Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Garrison	Powell County			(n/a)
137^th	Geraldine K-12	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Geraldine	Chouteau County	0.56		(n/a)
	Geyser K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Geyser	Judith Basin County			(n/a)
51^st	Gildford Colony Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Gildford	Hill County	0.804	132	81
189^th	Glasgow K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Glasgow	Valley County	0.373	139	50
228^th	Glendive Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Glendive	Dawson County	0.264	214	14
226^th	Golden Ridge Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Fairfield	Teton County	0.268	209	17
	Grant Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Dillon	Beaverhead County			(n/a)
233^rd	Grass Range Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Grass Range	Fergus County	0.251	153	80
	Grass Range High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Grass Range	Fergus County			(n/a)
162^nd	Great Falls Elementary	PK, KG-8	15	2	0	0	Great Falls	Cascade County	0.457	147	15
164^th	Great Falls High School	9-12	0	0	2	0	Great Falls	Cascade County	0.456	142	22
10^th	Greenfield Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Fairfield	Teton County	0.939	11	1
	Greycliff Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Greycliff	Sweet Grass County			(n/a)
2^nd	Hall Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Hall	Granite County	0.994	1	1
130^th	Hamilton K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Hamilton	Ravalli County	0.583	83	47
278^th	Hardin Elementary	PK, KG-8	4	1	0	0	Hardin	Big Horn County	0.078	272	6
279^th	Hardin High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Hardin	Big Horn County	0.073	277	2
283^rd	Harlem Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Harlem	Blaine County	0.059	278	5
259^th	Harlem High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Harlem	Blaine County	0.145	290	31
195^th	Harlowton K-12	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Harlowton	Wheatland County	0.357	163	32
	Harrison K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Harrison	Madison County			(n/a)
218^th	Havre Elementary	PK, KG-8	3	1	0	0	Havre	Hill County	0.297	197	21
151^st	Havre High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Havre	Hill County	0.5	115	36
	Hawks Home Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	0	0	0	Hammond	Carter County			(n/a)
276^th	Hays-Lodge Pole K-12 Schls	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hays	Blaine County	0.082	269	7
297^th	Heart Butte K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Heart Butte	Pondera County	0.012	291	6
115^th	Helena Elementary	PK, KG-8	11	2	0	0	Helena	Lewis and Clark County	0.624	106	9
168^th	Helena Flats Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Kalispell	Flathead County	0.441	217	49
53^rd	Helena High School	9-12	0	0	2	0	Helena	Lewis and Clark County	0.794	56	3
55^th	Hellgate Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	2	0	0	Missoula	Missoula County	0.793	59	4
	Helmville Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Helmville	Powell County			(n/a)
36^th	Highwood K-12	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Highwood	Chouteau County	0.837	28	8
281^st	Hinsdale Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Hinsdale	Valley County	0.063	279	2
	Hinsdale High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Hinsdale	Valley County			(n/a)
114^th	Hobson K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hobson	Judith Basin County	0.625	158	44
214^th	Hot Springs K-12	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hot Springs	Sanders County	0.305	184	30
217^th	Huntley Project K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Worden	Yellowstone County	0.297	178	39
	Hysham K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hysham	Treasure County			(n/a)
145^th	Independent Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Billings	Yellowstone County	0.515	63	82
	Jackson Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Jackson	Beaverhead County			(n/a)
66^th	Jefferson High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Boulder	Jefferson County	0.758	91	25
91^st	Joliet Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Joliet	Carbon County	0.693	103	12
240^th	Joliet High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Joliet	Carbon County	0.226	205	35
38^th	Jordan Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Jordan	Garfield County	0.834	64	26
	Judith Gap Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Judith Gap	Wheatland County			(n/a)
	Judith Gap High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Judith Gap	Wheatland County			(n/a)
82^nd	Kalispell Elementary	PK, KG-8	6	1	0	0	Kalispell	Flathead County	0.711	85	3
	Kester Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Jordan	Garfield County			(n/a)
113^th	Kila Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Kila	Flathead County	0.626	80	33
	King Colony Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Lewistown	Fergus County			(n/a)
37^th	Kinsey Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Kinsey	Custer County	0.834	74	37
232^nd	Kircher Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Miles City	Custer County	0.253	223	9
	Knees Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Carter	Cascade County			(n/a)
257^th	Lambert Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Lambert	Richland County	0.152	240	17
	Lambert High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Lambert	Richland County			(n/a)
299^th	Lame Deer Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Lame Deer	Rosebud County	0.007	292	7
293^rd	Lame Deer High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Lame Deer	Rosebud County	0.024	285	8
6^th	LaMotte Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Bozeman	Gallatin County	0.966	22	16
225^th	Laurel Elementary	PK, KG-8	3	1	0	0	Laurel	Yellowstone County	0.278	201	24
156^th	Laurel High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Laurel	Yellowstone County	0.484	204	48
253^rd	Lavina K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lavina	Golden Valley County	0.169	185	68
127^th	Lewistown Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	2	0	0	Lewistown	Fergus County	0.591	138	11
117^th	Libby K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Libby	Lincoln County	0.622	148	31
249^th	Liberty Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Galata	Toole County	0.194		(n/a)
	Lima K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lima	Beaverhead County			(n/a)
206^th	Lincoln County High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Eureka	Lincoln County	0.315	79	127
97^th	Lincoln K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lincoln	Lewis and Clark County	0.673	92	5
	Lindsay Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Lindsay	Dawson County			(n/a)
172^nd	Livingston Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Livingston	Park County	0.428	170	2
	Lockwood K-12	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Billings	Yellowstone County			(n/a)
296^th	Lodge Grass Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Lodge Grass	Big Horn County	0.014	295	1
298^th	Lodge Grass High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Lodge Grass	Big Horn County	0.008	293	5
163^rd	Lolo Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Lolo	Missoula County	0.456	181	18
111^th	Lone Rock Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Stevensville	Ravalli County	0.628	187	76
29^th	Lustre Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Frazer	Valley County	0.861	25	4
	Luther Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Luther	Carbon County			(n/a)
	Malmborg Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Bozeman	Gallatin County			(n/a)
149^th	Malta K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Malta	Phillips County	0.504	123	26
4^th	Manhattan High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Manhattan	Gallatin County	0.984	6	2
20^th	Manhattan School	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Manhattan	Gallatin County	0.902	54	34
237^th	Marion Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Marion	Flathead County	0.238	202	35
	McCormick Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Troy	Lincoln County			(n/a)
	McLeod Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Big Timber	Sweet Grass County			(n/a)
220^th	Medicine Lake K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Medicine Lake	Sheridan County	0.292	125	95
	Melrose Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Melrose	Silver Bow County			(n/a)
274^th	Melstone Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Melstone	Musselshell County	0.09	177	97
	Melstone High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Melstone	Musselshell County			(n/a)
104^th	Melville Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Melville	Sweet Grass County	0.645	95	9
282^nd	Miami Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Conrad	Pondera County	0.06	270	12
	Miles City Elementary	PK, KG-8	4	1	0	0	Miles City	Custer County			(n/a)
54^th	Missoula Elementary	PK, KG-8	9	3	0	0	Missoula	Missoula County	0.793	62	8
124^th	Missoula High School	9-12	0	0	4	0	Missoula	Missoula County	0.597	93	31
18^th	Monforton Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Bozeman	Gallatin County	0.911	15	3
	Mont School for Deaf Blind	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Great Falls	Cascade County			(n/a)
39^th	Montana City Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Clancy	Jefferson County	0.832	36	3
128^th	Moore Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Moore	Fergus County	0.589	34	94
	Moore High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Moore	Fergus County			(n/a)
254^th	Morin Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Billings	Yellowstone County	0.16	247	7
	Mountain View Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Cut Bank	Glacier County			(n/a)
241^st	Nashua K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Nashua	Valley County	0.222	189	52
	North Harlem Colony Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Harlem	Blaine County			(n/a)
107^th	North Star Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Rudyard	Hill County	0.642	81	26
27^th	North Star High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Rudyard	Hill County	0.879	38	11
	Northern Cheyenne Tribal School	K-12	0	0	0	1	Busby	Big Horn County			(n/a)
180^th	Noxon Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Noxon	Sanders County	0.398	264	84
265^th	Noxon High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Noxon	Sanders County	0.113		(n/a)
	Nye Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Nye	Stillwater County			(n/a)
59^th	Olney-Bissell Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Whitefish	Flathead County	0.775	175	116
	Opheim K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Opheim	Valley County			(n/a)
43^rd	Ovando Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Ovando	Powell County	0.822		(n/a)
170^th	Park City Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Park City	Stillwater County	0.434	252	82
236^th	Park City High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Park City	Stillwater County	0.242	210	26
213^th	Park High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Livingston	Park County	0.306	55	158
	Pass Creek Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Belgrade	Gallatin County			(n/a)
	Pendroy Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Pendroy	Teton County			(n/a)
196^th	Philipsburg K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Philipsburg	Granite County	0.355	114	82
32^nd	Pine Creek Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Livingston	Park County	0.845	4	28
	Pine Grove Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Brusett	Garfield County			(n/a)
230^th	Pioneer Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Billings	Yellowstone County	0.259	215	15
153^rd	Plains K-12	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Plains	Sanders County	0.486	135	18
	Pleasant Valley Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Marion	Flathead County			(n/a)
	Plenty Coups High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Pryor	Big Horn County			(n/a)
132^nd	Plentywood K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Plentywood	Sheridan County	0.578	73	59
23^rd	Plevna K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Plevna	Fallon County	0.886	155	132
	Polaris Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Polaris	Beaverhead County			(n/a)
152^nd	Polson Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Polson	Lake County	0.499	136	16
108^th	Polson High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Polson	Lake County	0.637	84	24
287^th	Poplar Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	2	0	0	Poplar	Roosevelt County	0.05	284	3
290^th	Poplar High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Poplar	Roosevelt County	0.032	280	10
44^th	Potomac Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Bonner	Missoula County	0.817	101	57
231^st	Powder River County District High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Broadus	Powder River County	0.258	43	188
250^th	Powell County High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Deer Lodge	Powell County	0.194	72	178
76^th	Power Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Power	Teton County	0.723	57	19
96^th	Power High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Power	Teton County	0.677		(n/a)
291^st	Pryor Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Pryor	Big Horn County	0.03	296	5
166^th	Ramsay Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Ramsay	Silver Bow County	0.443	212	46
167^th	Rapelje Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Rapelje	Stillwater County	0.441	221	54
	Rapelje High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Rapelje	Stillwater County			(n/a)
191^st	Rau Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Sidney	Richland County	0.364	143	48
94^th	Red Lodge Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Red Lodge	Carbon County	0.684	118	24
93^rd	Red Lodge High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Red Lodge	Carbon County	0.685	29	64
92^nd	Reed Point Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Reed Point	Stillwater County	0.69	30	62
	Reed Point High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Reed Point	Stillwater County			(n/a)
61^st	Reichle Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Glen	Beaverhead County	0.774	82	21
212^th	Richey Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Richey	Dawson County	0.307	225	13
	Richey High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Richey	Dawson County			(n/a)
262^nd	Roberts K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Roberts	Carbon County	0.137	258	4
286^th	Rocky Boy Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Box Elder	Hill County	0.054	289	3
288^th	Rocky Boy High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Box Elder	Hill County	0.048	271	17
247^th	Ronan Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Ronan	Lake County	0.209	249	2
252^nd	Ronan High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Ronan	Lake County	0.169	255	3
	Rosebud K-12	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Rosebud	Rosebud County			(n/a)
	Ross Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Mosby	Garfield County			(n/a)
177^th	Roundup Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Roundup	Musselshell County	0.414	194	17
83^rd	Roundup High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Roundup	Musselshell County	0.71	228	145
	Roy K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Roy	Fergus County			(n/a)
	Ryegate K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Ryegate	Golden Valley County			(n/a)
	S Y Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Miles City	Custer County			(n/a)
204^th	Saco Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Saco	Phillips County	0.331	242	38
	Saco High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Saco	Phillips County			(n/a)
154^th	Savage Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Savage	Richland County	0.485	97	57
	Savage High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Savage	Richland County			(n/a)
74^th	Scobey K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Scobey	Daniels County	0.726	141	67
148^th	Seeley Lake Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Seeley Lake	Missoula County	0.507	145	3
229^th	Shelby Elementary	PK, KG-8	3	1	0	0	Shelby	Toole County	0.26	203	26
256^th	Shelby High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Shelby	Toole County	0.153	267	11
138^th	Shepherd Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Shepherd	Yellowstone County	0.559	154	16
86^th	Shepherd High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Shepherd	Yellowstone County	0.702	121	35
30^th	Sheridan Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Sheridan	Madison County	0.852	89	59
118^th	Sheridan High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Sheridan	Madison County	0.621	96	22
69^th	Shields Valley Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Clyde Park	Park County	0.749	67	2
125^th	Shields Valley High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Clyde Park	Park County	0.597		(n/a)
123^rd	Sidney Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Sidney	Richland County	0.598	112	11
68^th	Sidney High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Sidney	Richland County	0.75	182	114
158^th	Simms High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Simms	Cascade County	0.468	207	49
246^th	Smith Valley Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Kalispell	Flathead County	0.212	211	35
26^th	Somers Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Somers	Flathead County	0.882	20	6
	South Stacey Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Volborg	Custer County			(n/a)
	Spring Creek Colony Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Lewistown	Fergus County			(n/a)
	Spring Creek Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Decker	Big Horn County			(n/a)
14^th	Springhill Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Belgrade	Gallatin County	0.925	110	96
210^th	St Ignatius K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	St Ignatius	Lake County	0.309	239	29
	St Regis K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Saint Regis	Mineral County			(n/a)
207^th	Stanford K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Stanford	Judith Basin County	0.314	231	24
179^th	Stevensville Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Stevensville	Ravalli County	0.4	219	40
198^th	Stevensville High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Stevensville	Ravalli County	0.347	222	24
75^th	Sun River Valley Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Simms	Cascade County	0.725	146	71
56^th	Sunburst K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sunburst	Toole County	0.783		(n/a)
	Sunset Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Greenough	Missoula County			(n/a)
186^th	Superior K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Superior	Mineral County	0.384	230	44
	Swan Lake-Salmon Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Swan Lake	Flathead County			(n/a)
223^rd	Swan River Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Bigfork	Flathead County	0.28	119	104
136^th	Swan Valley Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Condon	Missoula County	0.56	233	97
176^th	Sweet Grass County High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Big Timber	Sweet Grass County	0.419	152	24
48^th	Target Range Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Missoula	Missoula County	0.813	48
181^st	Terry K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Terry	Prairie County	0.395	168	13
119^th	Thompson Falls Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Thompson Falls	Sanders County	0.614	126	7
140^th	Thompson Falls High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Thompson Falls	Sanders County	0.548	61	79
199^th	Three Forks Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Three Forks	Gallatin County	0.345	200	1
135^th	Three Forks High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Three Forks	Gallatin County	0.565	52	83
142^nd	Townsend K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Townsend	Broadwater County	0.54	116	26
	Trail Creek Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Miles City	Custer County			(n/a)
	Trego Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Trego	Lincoln County			(n/a)
8^th	Trinity Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Canyon Creek	Lewis and Clark County	0.949	19	11
234^th	Trout Creek Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Trout Creek	Sanders County	0.246	206	28
157^th	Troy Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Troy	Lincoln County	0.479	104	53
72^nd	Troy High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Troy	Lincoln County	0.734	261	189
116^th	Turner Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Turner	Blaine County	0.623	150	34
	Turner High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Turner	Blaine County			(n/a)
41^st	Twin Bridges K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Twin Bridges	Madison County	0.823	45	4
	Two Eagle River School	8-12	0	0	1	0	Pablo	Lake County			(n/a)
139^th	Ulm Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Ulm	Cascade County	0.558	171	32
159^th	Upper West Shore Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Dayton	Lake County	0.464	120	39
258^th	Valier Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Valier	Pondera County	0.147	234	24
	Valier High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Valier	Pondera County			(n/a)
238^th	Valley View Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Polson	Lake County	0.229	251	13
190^th	Vaughn Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Vaughn	Cascade County	0.367	254	64
222^nd	Victor K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Victor	Ravalli County	0.283	274	52
52^nd	Vida Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Circle	McCone County	0.798	107	55
47^th	West Glacier Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	West Glacier	Flathead County	0.813	8	39
46^th	West Valley Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Kalispell	Flathead County	0.814	44	2
248^th	West Yellowstone K-12	K-12	1	1	1	0	West Yellowstone	Gallatin County	0.201	195	53
	Westby K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Westby	Sheridan County			(n/a)
184^th	White Sulphur Spgs K-12	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	White Sulphur Springs	Meagher County	0.388	220	36
9^th	Whitefish Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Whitefish	Flathead County	0.94	33	24
13^th	Whitefish High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Whitefish	Flathead County	0.927	23	10
144^th	Whitehall Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Whitehall	Jefferson County	0.52	162	18
35^th	Whitehall High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Whitehall	Jefferson County	0.839	241	206
	Whitewater K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Whitewater	Phillips County			(n/a)
45^th	Wibaux K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Wibaux	Wibaux County	0.814	176	131
187^th	Willow Creek Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Willow Creek	Gallatin County	0.38	183	4
	Willow Creek High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Willow Creek	Gallatin County			(n/a)
126^th	Winifred K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Winifred	Fergus County	0.595	58	68
	Winnett K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Winnett	Petroleum County			(n/a)
	Wisdom Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Wisdom	Beaverhead County			(n/a)
	Wise River Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Wise River	Beaverhead County			(n/a)
	Wolf Creek Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Wolf Creek	Lewis and Clark County			(n/a)
280^th	Wolf Point Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	2	0	0	Wolf Point	Roosevelt County	0.063	282	2
277^th	Wolf Point High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Wolf Point	Roosevelt County	0.081	273	4
209^th	Woodman Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Lolo	Missoula County	0.31	100	109
	Wyola Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Wyola	Big Horn County			(n/a)
	Yaak Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Troy	Lincoln County			(n/a)
289^th	Yellowstone Academy Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Billings	Yellowstone County	0.045	275	14
24^th	Zurich Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Zurich	Blaine County	0.886	13	11

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Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

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.