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Best High Schools in Boulder, MT

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306

Students

Top rankedJefferson High School78^th of 182 Montana high schools

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Summary:

The city of Boulder, Montana is home to a single public high school, Jefferson High School, which serves grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 306 students. While the school has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past three years, dropping from 18 out of 122 schools in 2023-2024 to 78 out of 182 schools in the current 2024-2025 school year, it still maintains a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Jefferson High School's student performance on the 2024-2025 ACT assessments is slightly below the state average in English Language Arts (52.46% vs 54.99% proficient or better), Mathematics (29.51% vs 31.25%), and Science (27.87% vs 30.03%). However, the school has a relatively high per-student spending of $11,420 in the 2018-2019 school year, which may suggest a focus on resource allocation and investment in educational programs.

In terms of student demographics, Jefferson High School has a moderate level of socioeconomic diversity, with 21.57% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school maintains a student-teacher ratio of 16:1 for the 2024-2025 school year.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ACT with Writing English Language Arts (2025)	ACT with Writing Mathematics (2025)	ACT with Writing Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ACT with Writing English Language Arts 11th Grade	ACT with Writing Mathematics 11th Grade	ACT with Writing Science 11th Grade	Total
Jefferson High School	Public	9-12	312 South Main	Boulder	59632	Jefferson County	Jefferson High School	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 225-3317	306	19	16.0	21.6%	292 (95.4%)	2 (0.7%)	10 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	58.2	78^th of 182 public high schools	57.1%		66.6	18^th of 122 public high schools	85.2%	60	52.5	29.5	27.9	$14,461

Cities Near Boulder

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Basin	10 mi	1
Clancy	18.67 mi	4	16^th
Whitehall	22.69 mi	3
Butte	24.38 mi	8
Cardwell	24.72 mi	1	15^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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