Best School Districts in Montana

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Rank (of 387)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
185^th	Absarokee Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Absarokee	Stillwater County	0.542	109	76
264^th	Absarokee High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Absarokee	Stillwater County	0.379	181	83
276^th	Alberton K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Alberton	Mineral County	0.342	179	97
	Alder Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Alder	Madison County			(n/a)
109^th	Alzada Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Alzada	Carter County	0.708		(n/a)
20^th	Amsterdam Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Manhattan	Gallatin County	0.95	2	18
254^th	Anaconda Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Anaconda	Deer Lodge County	0.395		(n/a)
206^th	Anaconda High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Anaconda	Deer Lodge County	0.495	110	96
9^th	Anderson Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Bozeman	Gallatin County	0.98		(n/a)
348^th	Arlee Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Arlee	Lake County	0.118		(n/a)
347^th	Arlee High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Arlee	Lake County	0.121	198	149
222^nd	Arrowhead Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Livingston	Park County	0.453		(n/a)
379^th	Ashland Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Ashland	Rosebud County	0.028		(n/a)
113^th	Auchard Creek Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Wolf Creek	Lewis and Clark County	0.696	118	5
56^th	Augusta Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Augusta	Lewis and Clark County	0.839	40	16
37^th	Augusta High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Augusta	Lewis and Clark County	0.896		(n/a)
60^th	Avon Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Avon	Powell County	0.825	4	56
293^rd	Ayers Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Grass Range	Fergus County	0.287		(n/a)
154^th	Bainville K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Bainville	Roosevelt County	0.614		(n/a)
218^th	Baker K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Baker	Fallon County	0.457		(n/a)
	Basin Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Basin	Jefferson County			(n/a)
5^th	Bear Paw Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Chinook	Blaine County	0.985		(n/a)
55^th	Beaverhead County High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Dillon	Beaverhead County	0.841	19	36
266^th	Belfry K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Belfry	Carbon County	0.371	155	111
162^nd	Belgrade Elementary	PK, KG-8	3	1	0	0	Belgrade	Gallatin County	0.584		(n/a)
78^th	Belgrade High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Belgrade	Gallatin County	0.78	103	25
140^th	Belt Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Belt	Cascade County	0.642	57	83
43^rd	Belt High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Belt	Cascade County	0.874	1	42
340^th	Benton Lake Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Floweree	Chouteau County	0.14		(n/a)
385^th	Biddle Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Biddle	Powder River County	0.007		(n/a)
213^th	Big Sandy K-12	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Big Sandy	Chouteau County	0.471	145	68
116^th	Big Sky School K-12	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Gallatin Gateway	Gallatin County	0.689		(n/a)
98^th	Big Timber Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Big Timber	Sweet Grass County	0.736	64	34
159^th	Bigfork Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Bigfork	Flathead County	0.597		(n/a)
40^th	Bigfork High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Bigfork	Flathead County	0.885	48	8
243^rd	Billings Elementary	PK, KG-8	21	7	0	0	Billings	Yellowstone County	0.413	113	130
255^th	Billings High School	9-12	0	0	6	0	Billings	Yellowstone County	0.395	92	163
94^th	Birney Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Birney	Rosebud County	0.743		(n/a)
144^th	Bloomfield Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Bloomfield	Dawson County	0.638		(n/a)
240^th	Blue Creek Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Billings	Yellowstone County	0.416	90	150
257^th	Bonner Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Bonner	Missoula County	0.393	139	118
137^th	Boulder Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Boulder	Jefferson County	0.648	116	21
371^st	Box Elder Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Box Elder	Hill County	0.051	199	172
336^th	Box Elder High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Box Elder	Hill County	0.154	213	123
108^th	Bozeman Elementary	PK, KG-8	8	2	0	0	Bozeman	Gallatin County	0.709	37	71
70^th	Bozeman High School	9-12	0	0	3	0	Bozeman	Gallatin County	0.797	5	65
225^th	Bridger K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Bridger	Carbon County	0.451	83	142
171^st	Broadus Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Broadus	Powder River County	0.57	96	75
112^th	Broadview Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Broadview	Yellowstone County	0.698	86	26
15^th	Broadview High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Broadview	Yellowstone County	0.967	85	70
311^th	Brockton Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Brockton	Roosevelt County	0.232	220	91
341^st	Brockton High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Brockton	Roosevelt County	0.137		(n/a)
164^th	Brorson Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Sidney	Richland County	0.584		(n/a)
332^nd	Browning Elementary	PK, KG-8	6	1	0	0	Browning	Glacier County	0.173	195	137
363^rd	Browning High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Browning	Glacier County	0.071	215	148
226^th	Butte Elementary	PK, KG-8	6	1	0	0	Butte	Silver Bow County	0.45		(n/a)
187^th	Butte High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Butte	Silver Bow County	0.538	71	116
358^th	Bynum Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Bynum	Teton County	0.087		(n/a)
322^nd	Canyon Creek Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Billings	Yellowstone County	0.21	111	211
33^rd	Cardwell Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Cardwell	Jefferson County	0.908	27	6
221^st	Carter County High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Ekalaka	Carter County	0.456	173	48
	Carter Elementary		0	0	0	0	Carter	Chouteau County			(n/a)
58^th	Cascade Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Cascade	Cascade County	0.829		(n/a)
114^th	Cascade High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Cascade	Cascade County	0.692	46	68
84^th	Cayuse Prairie Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Kalispell	Flathead County	0.765		(n/a)
192^nd	Centerville Elementary	PK, KG-8	4	1	0	0	Sand Coulee	Cascade County	0.531	163	29
197^th	Centerville High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Sand Coulee	Cascade County	0.516	44	153
196^th	Charlo Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Charlo	Lake County	0.527	76	120
105^th	Charlo High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Charlo	Lake County	0.72	200	95
90^th	Chester-Joplin-Inverness Elementary	PK, KG-8	3	1	0	0	Chester	Liberty County	0.751	106	16
233^rd	Chester-Joplin-Inverness High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Chester	Liberty County	0.434	190	43
282^nd	Chinook Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Chinook	Blaine County	0.333		(n/a)
286^th	Chinook High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Chinook	Blaine County	0.319	191	95
239^th	Choteau Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Choteau	Teton County	0.42	130	109
166^th	Choteau High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Choteau	Teton County	0.577	41	125
85^th	Circle Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	2	0	0	Circle	McCone County	0.764		(n/a)
195^th	Circle High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Circle	McCone County	0.527	121	74
99^th	Clancy Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Clancy	Jefferson County	0.732	22	77
16^th	Cleveland Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Chinook	Blaine County	0.963		(n/a)
214^th	Clinton Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Clinton	Missoula County	0.468		(n/a)
64^th	Cohagen Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Cohagen	Garfield County	0.813		(n/a)
319^th	Colstrip Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Colstrip	Rosebud County	0.217	169	150
277^th	Colstrip High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Colstrip	Rosebud County	0.341	158	119
230^th	Columbia Falls Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Columbia Falls	Flathead County	0.438		(n/a)
124^th	Columbia Falls High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Columbia Falls	Flathead County	0.67	117	7
136^th	Columbus Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Columbus	Stillwater County	0.651		(n/a)
32^nd	Columbus High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Columbus	Stillwater County	0.912	77	45
121^st	Conrad Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	2	0	0	Conrad	Pondera County	0.677		(n/a)
92^nd	Conrad High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Conrad	Pondera County	0.747	183	91
7^th	Cooke City Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Cooke City	Park County	0.983		(n/a)
219^th	Corvallis K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	3	4	3	0	Corvallis	Ravalli County	0.457	107	112
28^th	Cottonwood Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Bozeman	Gallatin County	0.928		(n/a)
320^th	Cottonwood Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Havre	Hill County	0.217	136	184
204^th	Creston Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Kalispell	Flathead County	0.501	18	186
300^th	Culbertson Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Culbertson	Roosevelt County	0.263		(n/a)
351^st	Culbertson High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Culbertson	Roosevelt County	0.115	149	202
253^rd	Custer County High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Miles City	Custer County	0.396	99	154
193^rd	Custer K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Custer	Yellowstone County	0.529	135	58
335^th	Cut Bank Elementary	PK, KG-8	6	1	0	0	Cut Bank	Glacier County	0.157	161	174
304^th	Cut Bank High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Cut Bank	Glacier County	0.253	125	179
242^nd	Darby K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Darby	Ravalli County	0.413	150	92
83^rd	Davey Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Havre	Hill County	0.766		(n/a)
199^th	Dawson High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Glendive	Dawson County	0.511	170	29
297^th	Deer Creek Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Glendive	Dawson County	0.269	23	274
	Deer Lodge Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Deer Lodge	Powell County			(n/a)
42^nd	Deer Park Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Columbia Falls	Flathead County	0.881	51	9
310^th	Deerfield Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Lewistown	Fergus County	0.234		(n/a)
145^th	Denton Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Denton	Fergus County	0.638		(n/a)
306^th	Denton High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Denton	Fergus County	0.242		(n/a)
366^th	Dept of Corrections-Youth	6-12	0	1	1	0	Helena	Lewis and Clark County	0.061		(n/a)
91^st	DeSmet Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Missoula	Missoula County	0.748		(n/a)
77^th	Dillon Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Dillon	Beaverhead County	0.781	32	45
342^nd	Divide Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Divide	Silver Bow County	0.137		(n/a)
247^th	Dixon Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Dixon	Sanders County	0.407	171	76
367^th	Dodson K-12	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Dodson	Phillips County	0.061		(n/a)
261^st	Drummond Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Drummond	Granite County	0.389	97	164
314^th	Drummond High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Drummond	Granite County	0.225	89	225
380^th	Dupuyer Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Dupuyer	Pondera County	0.027	205	175
285^th	Dutton/Brady K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Dutton	Teton County	0.32	159	126
350^th	East Glacier Park Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	E Glacier Park	Glacier County	0.117	216	134
236^th	East Helena K-12	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	East Helena	Lewis and Clark County	0.425		(n/a)
72^nd	Ekalaka Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Ekalaka	Carter County	0.796	115	43
220^th	Elder Grove Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Billings	Yellowstone County	0.456	148	72
289^th	Elliston Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Elliston	Powell County	0.314	189	100
110^th	Elysian Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Billings	Yellowstone County	0.708	42	68
48^th	Ennis K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Ennis	Madison County	0.862	34	14
259^th	Eureka Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Eureka	Lincoln County	0.391		(n/a)
296^th	Evergreen Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Kalispell	Flathead County	0.273	143	153
49^th	Fairfield Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Fairfield	Teton County	0.854		(n/a)
177^th	Fairfield High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Fairfield	Teton County	0.56	29	148
63^rd	Fair-Mont-Egan Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Kalispell	Flathead County	0.814		(n/a)
229^th	Fairview Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Fairview	Richland County	0.441		(n/a)
158^th	Fairview High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Fairview	Richland County	0.599	128	30
191^st	Fergus High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Lewistown	Fergus County	0.533	62	129
190^th	Fishtail Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Fishtail	Stillwater County	0.534		(n/a)
151^st	Flathead High School	9-12	0	0	4	0	Kalispell	Flathead County	0.617	87	64
133^rd	Florence-Carlton K-12 Schls	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Florence	Ravalli County	0.655	78	55
198^th	Forsyth Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Forsyth	Rosebud County	0.514		(n/a)
139^th	Forsyth High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Forsyth	Rosebud County	0.643	193	54
71^st	Fort Benton Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Fort Benton	Chouteau County	0.796	38	33
97^th	Fort Benton High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Fort Benton	Chouteau County	0.736	95	2
287^th	Fortine Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Fortine	Lincoln County	0.317	167	120
370^th	Frazer Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Frazer	Valley County	0.054		(n/a)
381^st	Frazer High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Frazer	Valley County	0.022		(n/a)
138^th	Frenchtown K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Frenchtown	Missoula County	0.644	94	44
146^th	Froid Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Froid	Roosevelt County	0.638	120	26
6^th	Froid High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Froid	Roosevelt County	0.984		(n/a)
337^th	Fromberg K-12	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Fromberg	Carbon County	0.153	152	185
321^st	Frontier Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Wolf Point	Roosevelt County	0.216		(n/a)
	Galata Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Galata	Toole County			(n/a)
67^th	Gallatin Gateway Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Gallatin Gateway	Gallatin County	0.804		(n/a)
186^th	Gardiner Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Gardiner	Park County	0.541	55	131
34^th	Gardiner High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Gardiner	Park County	0.907	8	26
183^rd	Garfield County High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Jordan	Garfield County	0.544	20	163
377^th	Garrison Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Garrison	Powell County	0.04		(n/a)
328^th	Geraldine K-12	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Geraldine	Chouteau County	0.18	194	134
234^th	Geyser K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Geyser	Judith Basin County	0.433		(n/a)
45^th	Gildford Colony Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Gildford	Hill County	0.868	6	39
160^th	Glasgow K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Glasgow	Valley County	0.597	144	16
281^st	Glendive Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Glendive	Dawson County	0.337		(n/a)
	Gold Creek Elementary		0	0	0	0	Gold Creek	Powell County			(n/a)
1^st	Golden Ridge Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Fairfield	Teton County	0.998		(n/a)
385^th	Grant Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Dillon	Beaverhead County	0.007		(n/a)
122^nd	Grass Range Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Grass Range	Fergus County	0.676		(n/a)
343^rd	Grass Range High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Grass Range	Fergus County	0.132		(n/a)
241^st	Great Falls Elementary	PK, KG-8	15	2	0	0	Great Falls	Cascade County	0.416		(n/a)
203^rd	Great Falls High School	9-12	0	0	2	0	Great Falls	Cascade County	0.505	137	66
26^th	Greenfield Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Fairfield	Teton County	0.939	31	5
352^nd	Greycliff Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Greycliff	Sweet Grass County	0.115		(n/a)
18^th	Hall Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Hall	Granite County	0.955	14	4
210^th	Hamilton K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	2	2	2	0	Hamilton	Ravalli County	0.48		(n/a)
373^rd	Hardin Elementary	PK, KG-8	4	1	0	0	Hardin	Big Horn County	0.05		(n/a)
353^rd	Hardin High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Hardin	Big Horn County	0.11	211	142
356^th	Harlem Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Harlem	Blaine County	0.097	201	155
345^th	Harlem High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Harlem	Blaine County	0.126	204	141
178^th	Harlowton K-12	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Harlowton	Wheatland County	0.559	70	108
334^th	Harrison K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Harrison	Madison County	0.162	182	152
267^th	Havre Elementary	PK, KG-8	3	1	0	0	Havre	Hill County	0.364		(n/a)
148^th	Havre High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Havre	Hill County	0.626	35	113
13^th	Hawks Home Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	0	0	0	Hammond	Carter County	0.97		(n/a)
364^th	Hays-Lodge Pole K-12 Schls	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hays	Blaine County	0.07	206	158
384^th	Heart Butte K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Heart Butte	Pondera County	0.019	222	162
179^th	Helena Elementary	PK, KG-8	13	3	0	0	Helena	Lewis and Clark County	0.556	72	107
174^th	Helena Flats Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Kalispell	Flathead County	0.566		(n/a)
188^th	Helena High School	9-12	0	0	4	0	Helena	Lewis and Clark County	0.537	30	158
118^th	Hellgate Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	2	0	0	Missoula	Missoula County	0.687		(n/a)
170^th	Helmville Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Helmville	Powell County	0.571	156	14
182^nd	Highwood K-12	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Highwood	Chouteau County	0.549	25	157
338^th	Hinsdale Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Hinsdale	Valley County	0.143	207	131
175^th	Hinsdale High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Hinsdale	Valley County	0.566		(n/a)
129^th	Hobson K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hobson	Judith Basin County	0.662	79	50
251^st	Hot Springs K-12	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hot Springs	Sanders County	0.398		(n/a)
250^th	Huntley Project K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Worden	Yellowstone County	0.4	165	85
283^rd	Hysham K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hysham	Treasure County	0.325		(n/a)
215^th	Independent Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Billings	Yellowstone County	0.466		(n/a)
10^th	Jackson Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Jackson	Beaverhead County	0.978		(n/a)
169^th	Jefferson High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Boulder	Jefferson County	0.571	26	143
157^th	Joliet Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Joliet	Carbon County	0.607		(n/a)
130^th	Joliet High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Joliet	Carbon County	0.659	68	62
74^th	Jordan Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Jordan	Garfield County	0.791	15	59
368^th	Judith Gap Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Judith Gap	Wheatland County	0.06	227	141
	Judith Gap High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Judith Gap	Wheatland County			(n/a)
141^st	Kalispell Elementary	PK, KG-8	6	1	0	0	Kalispell	Flathead County	0.641		(n/a)
200^th	Kester Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Jordan	Garfield County	0.509		(n/a)
152^nd	Kila Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Kila	Flathead County	0.617		(n/a)
54^th	King Colony Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Lewistown	Fergus County	0.843		(n/a)
315^th	Kinsey Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Kinsey	Custer County	0.224	67	248
323^rd	Kircher Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Miles City	Custer County	0.209	124	199
346^th	Knees Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Carter	Chouteau County	0.125		(n/a)
244^th	Lambert Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Lambert	Richland County	0.412	180	64
117^th	Lambert High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Lambert	Richland County	0.687		(n/a)
375^th	Lame Deer Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Lame Deer	Rosebud County	0.046	223	152
376^th	Lame Deer High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Lame Deer	Rosebud County	0.044	219	157
14^th	LaMotte Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Bozeman	Gallatin County	0.969	3	11
176^th	Laurel Elementary	PK, KG-8	3	1	0	0	Laurel	Yellowstone County	0.564	146	30
284^th	Laurel High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Laurel	Yellowstone County	0.324	147	137
135^th	Lavina K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lavina	Golden Valley County	0.652	185	50
131^st	Lewistown Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	2	0	0	Lewistown	Fergus County	0.657	65	66
232^nd	Libby K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Libby	Lincoln County	0.434		(n/a)
344^th	Liberty Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Galata	Liberty County	0.13	208	136
280^th	Lima K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lima	Beaverhead County	0.339		(n/a)
134^th	Lincoln County High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Eureka	Lincoln County	0.654	153	19
180^th	Lincoln K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lincoln	Lewis and Clark County	0.553	80	100
223^rd	Lindsay Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Lindsay	Dawson County	0.451		(n/a)
271^st	Livingston Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Livingston	Park County	0.36		(n/a)
262^nd	Lockwood K-12	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Billings	Yellowstone County	0.382		(n/a)
362^nd	Lodge Grass Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Lodge Grass	Big Horn County	0.072	226	136
374^th	Lodge Grass High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Lodge Grass	Big Horn County	0.049	221	153
238^th	Lolo Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Lolo	Missoula County	0.422	122	116
115^th	Lone Rock Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Stevensville	Ravalli County	0.689	63	52
30^th	Lustre Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Frazer	Valley County	0.918	54	24
1^st	Luther Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Luther	Carbon County	0.998		(n/a)
293^rd	Malmborg Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Bozeman	Gallatin County	0.287		(n/a)
258^th	Malta K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Malta	Phillips County	0.392	84	174
19^th	Manhattan High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Manhattan	Gallatin County	0.951	9	10
25^th	Manhattan School	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Manhattan	Gallatin County	0.939	11	14
299^th	Marion Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Marion	Flathead County	0.263		(n/a)
231^st	McCormick Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Troy	Lincoln County	0.436	129	102
89^th	McLeod Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Mc Leod	Sweet Grass County	0.751		(n/a)
168^th	Medicine Lake K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Medicine Lake	Sheridan County	0.572	108	60
	Melrose Elementary		0	0	0	0	Melrose	Silver Bow County			(n/a)
249^th	Melstone Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Melstone	Musselshell County	0.401	132	117
52^nd	Melstone High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Melstone	Musselshell County	0.846		(n/a)
79^th	Melville Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Melville	Sweet Grass County	0.778	7	72
61^st	Miami Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Conrad	Pondera County	0.818	192	131
307^th	Miles City Elementary	PK, KG-8	4	1	0	0	Miles City	Custer County	0.241	174	133
165^th	Missoula Elementary	PK, KG-8	10	4	0	0	Missoula	Missoula County	0.58	50	115
119^th	Missoula High School	9-12	0	0	5	0	Missoula	Missoula County	0.684	45	74
73^rd	Monforton Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Bozeman	Gallatin County	0.795	24	49
354^th	Mont School for Deaf Blind	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Great Falls	Cascade County	0.109		(n/a)
82^nd	Montana City Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Clancy	Jefferson County	0.767	36	46
111^th	Moore Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Moore	Fergus County	0.705		(n/a)
260^th	Moore High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Moore	Fergus County	0.39		(n/a)
359^th	Morin Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Billings	Yellowstone County	0.077	187	172
75^th	Mountain View Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Cut Bank	Glacier County	0.788		(n/a)
268^th	Nashua K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Nashua	Valley County	0.363	186	82
	North Harlem Colony Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Harlem	Blaine County			(n/a)
302^nd	North Star Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Rudyard	Hill County	0.255		(n/a)
44^th	North Star High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Rudyard	Hill County	0.868	160	116
	Northern Cheyenne Tribal School	K-12	0	0	0	1	Busby	Big Horn County			(n/a)
308^th	Noxon Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Noxon	Sanders County	0.238		(n/a)
235^th	Noxon High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Noxon	Sanders County	0.429	100	135
23^rd	Nye Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Nye	Stillwater County	0.945		(n/a)
127^th	Olney-Bissell Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Whitefish	Flathead County	0.666	28	99
189^th	Opheim K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Opheim	Valley County	0.536		(n/a)
21^st	Ovando Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Ovando	Powell County	0.948		(n/a)
181^st	Park City Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Park City	Stillwater County	0.552		(n/a)
309^th	Park City High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Park City	Stillwater County	0.236	56	253
57^th	Park High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Livingston	Park County	0.83	69	12
11^th	Pass Creek Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Belgrade	Gallatin County	0.975		(n/a)
256^th	Pendroy Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Pendroy	Teton County	0.394		(n/a)
248^th	Philipsburg K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Philipsburg	Granite County	0.406	164	84
59^th	Pine Creek Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Livingston	Park County	0.828		(n/a)
291^st	Pine Grove Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Brusett	Garfield County	0.304		(n/a)
305^th	Pioneer Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Billings	Yellowstone County	0.252		(n/a)
207^th	Plains K-12	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Plains	Sanders County	0.491	88	119
46^th	Pleasant Valley Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Marion	Flathead County	0.863		(n/a)
369^th	Plenty Coups High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Pryor	Big Horn County	0.055	225	144
104^th	Plentywood K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Plentywood	Sheridan County	0.723		(n/a)
41^st	Plevna K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Plevna	Fallon County	0.883	17	24
155^th	Polaris Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Polaris	Beaverhead County	0.613		(n/a)
274^th	Polson Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Polson	Lake County	0.343		(n/a)
153^rd	Polson High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Polson	Lake County	0.615	142	11
360^th	Poplar Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	2	0	0	Poplar	Roosevelt County	0.077		(n/a)
355^th	Poplar High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Poplar	Roosevelt County	0.099	218	137
102^nd	Potomac Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Bonner	Missoula County	0.724	61	41
68^th	Powder River County District High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Broadus	Powder River County	0.802	74	6
237^th	Powell County High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Deer Lodge	Powell County	0.423	176	61
147^th	Power Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Power	Teton County	0.635		(n/a)
47^th	Power High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Power	Teton County	0.863	16	31
378^th	Pryor Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Pryor	Big Horn County	0.04	217	161
216^th	Ramsay Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Ramsay	Silver Bow County	0.463	112	104
76^th	Rapelje Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Rapelje	Stillwater County	0.782		(n/a)
12^th	Rapelje High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Rapelje	Stillwater County	0.973		(n/a)
272^nd	Rau Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Sidney	Richland County	0.352	82	190
201^st	Red Lodge Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Red Lodge	Carbon County	0.508		(n/a)
123^rd	Red Lodge High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Red Lodge	Carbon County	0.676	59	64
39^th	Reed Point Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Reed Point	Stillwater County	0.886	52	13
120^th	Reed Point High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Reed Point	Stillwater County	0.681		(n/a)
27^th	Reichle Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Glen	Beaverhead County	0.935		(n/a)
163^rd	Richey Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Richey	Dawson County	0.584	166	3
150^th	Richey High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Richey	Dawson County	0.621		(n/a)
252^nd	Roberts K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Roberts	Carbon County	0.397		(n/a)
365^th	Rocky Boy Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Box Elder	Hill County	0.062	214	151
357^th	Rocky Boy High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Box Elder	Hill County	0.093	224	133
312^th	Ronan Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Ronan	Lake County	0.23	177	135
331^st	Ronan High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Ronan	Lake County	0.176	202	129
303^rd	Rosebud K-12	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Rosebud	Rosebud County	0.254		(n/a)
385^th	Ross Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Mosby	Garfield County	0.007		(n/a)
269^th	Roundup Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Roundup	Musselshell County	0.363		(n/a)
245^th	Roundup High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Roundup	Musselshell County	0.412	74	171
	Roy K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Roy	Fergus County			(n/a)
327^th	Ryegate K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Ryegate	Golden Valley County	0.186	203	124
1^st	S Y Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Miles City	Custer County	0.998		(n/a)
38^th	Saco Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Saco	Phillips County	0.894	73	35
208^th	Saco High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Saco	Phillips County	0.489		(n/a)
	Sand Springs Elementary		0	0	0	0	Sand Springs	Garfield County			(n/a)
143^rd	Savage Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Savage	Richland County	0.64	91	52
51^st	Savage High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Savage	Richland County	0.852		(n/a)
81^st	Scobey K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Scobey	Daniels County	0.773	33	48
295^th	Seeley Lake Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Seeley Lake	Missoula County	0.281	134	161
313^th	Shelby Elementary	PK, KG-8	3	1	0	0	Shelby	Toole County	0.226		(n/a)
290^th	Shelby High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Shelby	Toole County	0.313	93	197
132^nd	Shepherd Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Shepherd	Yellowstone County	0.657	127	5
217^th	Shepherd High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Shepherd	Yellowstone County	0.462	154	63
88^th	Sheridan Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Sheridan	Madison County	0.753	60	28
273^rd	Sheridan High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Sheridan	Madison County	0.346	184	89
62^nd	Shields Valley Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Clyde Park	Park County	0.815	39	23
95^th	Shields Valley High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Clyde Park	Park County	0.742	10	85
202^nd	Sidney Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Sidney	Richland County	0.506		(n/a)
80^th	Sidney High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Sidney	Richland County	0.775	138	58
298^th	Simms High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Simms	Cascade County	0.264	131	167
209^th	Smith Valley Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Kalispell	Flathead County	0.484		(n/a)
93^rd	Somers Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Somers	Flathead County	0.746		(n/a)
	South Stacey Elementary		0	0	0	0	Volborg	Powder River County			(n/a)
383^rd	Spring Creek Colony Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Lewistown	Fergus County	0.02		(n/a)
7^th	Spring Creek Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Decker	Big Horn County	0.983		(n/a)
35^th	Springhill Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Belgrade	Gallatin County	0.905		(n/a)
318^th	St Ignatius K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	St Ignatius	Lake County	0.218		(n/a)
279^th	St Regis K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Saint Regis	Mineral County	0.339		(n/a)
325^th	Stanford K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Stanford	Judith Basin County	0.191		(n/a)
275^th	Stevensville Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Stevensville	Ravalli County	0.343	162	113
316^th	Stevensville High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Stevensville	Ravalli County	0.22	188	128
128^th	Sun River Valley Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Simms	Cascade County	0.662	49	79
173^rd	Sunburst K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sunburst	Toole County	0.567		(n/a)
194^th	Sunset Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Greenough	Missoula County	0.529	141	53
224^th	Superior K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Superior	Mineral County	0.451		(n/a)
29^th	Swan Lake-Salmon Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Swan Lake	Lake County	0.92		(n/a)
246^th	Swan River Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Bigfork	Flathead County	0.41		(n/a)
329^th	Swan Valley Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Condon	Missoula County	0.18		(n/a)
107^th	Sweet Grass County High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Big Timber	Sweet Grass County	0.709	13	94
69^th	Target Range Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Missoula	Missoula County	0.798	43	26
270^th	Terry K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Terry	Prairie County	0.363	119	151
211^th	Thompson Falls Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Thompson Falls	Sanders County	0.476		(n/a)
292^nd	Thompson Falls High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Thompson Falls	Sanders County	0.291	151	141
205^th	Three Forks Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Three Forks	Gallatin County	0.495	101	104
265^th	Three Forks High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Three Forks	Gallatin County	0.374	133	132
87^th	Townsend K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Townsend	Broadwater County	0.759	104	17
1^st	Trail Creek Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Miles City	Custer County	0.998		(n/a)
330^th	Trego Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Trego	Lincoln County	0.177	197	133
66^th	Trinity Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Canyon Creek	Lewis and Clark County	0.81	58	8
372^nd	Trout Creek Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Trout Creek	Sanders County	0.051		(n/a)
156^th	Troy Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Troy	Lincoln County	0.607	98	58
228^th	Troy High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Troy	Lincoln County	0.445	178	50
126^th	Turner Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Turner	Blaine County	0.669	66	60
17^th	Turner High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Turner	Blaine County	0.962		(n/a)
65^th	Twin Bridges K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Twin Bridges	Madison County	0.812	53	12
	Two Eagle River School	8-12	0	0	1	0	Pablo	Lake County			(n/a)
125^th	Ulm Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Ulm	Cascade County	0.67		(n/a)
324^th	Upper West Shore Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Dayton	Lake County	0.2	172	152
288^th	Valier Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Valier	Pondera County	0.316	175	113
86^th	Valier High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Valier	Pondera County	0.764		(n/a)
53^rd	Valley View Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Polson	Lake County	0.845	156	103
317^th	Vaughn Elementary	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Vaughn	Cascade County	0.219		(n/a)
349^th	Victor K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Victor	Ravalli County	0.117	168	181
50^th	Vida Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Circle	McCone County	0.853	47	3
172^nd	West Glacier Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	West Glacier	Flathead County	0.569	21	151
106^th	West Valley Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Kalispell	Flathead County	0.717		(n/a)
167^th	West Yellowstone K-12	K-12	1	1	1	0	West Yellowstone	Gallatin County	0.576	114	53
184^th	Westby K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Westby	Sheridan County	0.543		(n/a)
161^st	White Sulphur Spgs K-12	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	White Sulphur Springs	Meagher County	0.59	126	35
22^nd	Whitefish Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Whitefish	Flathead County	0.948		(n/a)
24^th	Whitefish High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Whitefish	Flathead County	0.945	12	12
101^st	Whitehall Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Whitehall	Jefferson County	0.725		(n/a)
301^st	Whitehall High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Whitehall	Jefferson County	0.258	81	220
36^th	Whitewater K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Whitewater	Phillips County	0.898		(n/a)
227^th	Wibaux K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Wibaux	Wibaux County	0.45		(n/a)
263^rd	Willow Creek Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Willow Creek	Gallatin County	0.38	123	140
100^th	Willow Creek High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Willow Creek	Gallatin County	0.731		(n/a)
96^th	Winifred K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Winifred	Fergus County	0.741	102	6
149^th	Winnett K-12 Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Winnett	Petroleum County	0.624		(n/a)
31^st	Wisdom Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Wisdom	Beaverhead County	0.915		(n/a)
103^rd	Wise River Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Wise River	Beaverhead County	0.723		(n/a)
326^th	Wolf Creek Elementary	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Wolf Creek	Lewis and Clark County	0.187		(n/a)
333^rd	Wolf Point Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	2	0	0	Wolf Point	Roosevelt County	0.168	210	123
339^th	Wolf Point High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Wolf Point	Roosevelt County	0.143	196	143
212^th	Woodman Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Lolo	Missoula County	0.471		(n/a)
382^nd	Wyola Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Wyola	Big Horn County	0.02	212	170
142^nd	Yaak Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Troy	Lincoln County	0.641		(n/a)
361^st	Yellowstone Academy Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	0	Billings	Yellowstone County	0.075	209	152
278^th	Zurich Elementary	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Zurich	Blaine County	0.339	105	173

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