Best Public Schools in Gardiner, MT

Summary:

The city of Gardiner, Montana is home to three schools: Gardiner School (an elementary school), Gardiner High School, and Gardiner 7-8 (a middle school). The data reveals that Gardiner High School is the standout performer, consistently ranking among the top high schools in Montana and earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Gardiner High School outperforms the state average in all three tested subjects (English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science) for 11th-grade students. Additionally, Gardiner 7-8 (the middle school) also performs better than the state and Gardiner High School district averages in English Language Arts and Mathematics for all grades. However, Gardiner School (the elementary school) has mixed results, with English Language Arts scores above the state average but Mathematics scores below the state average.

The data also reveals that Gardiner High School has a free and reduced lunch rate of 36.36%, which is slightly higher than the 34.29% rate at Gardiner School and the 30.77% rate at Gardiner 7-8. Additionally, Gardiner 7-8 has the lowest student-teacher ratio at 8.6, followed by Gardiner School at 11 and Gardiner High School at 11.5.

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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)	MAST English Language Arts (2025)	MAST Mathematics (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	MAST English Language Arts All Grades	MAST Mathematics All Grades	Total
Gardiner School	Public	PK, KG-6	510 Stone Street	Gardiner	59030	Park County	Gardiner Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 848-7563	70	6	11.0	34.3%	61 (87.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (7.1%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.3%)	43.2	242^nd of 401 public elementary schools	39.7%		74.6	61^st of 212 public elementary schools	71.2%	181				41.7	27.8	$18,464
Gardiner 7-8	Public	7-8	510 Stone Street	Gardiner	59030	Park County	Gardiner Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 848-7563	26	3	8.6	30.8%	24 (92.3%)	1 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.8%)	62.2	70^th of 222 public middle schools	68.5%		71.8	30^th of 123 public middle schools	75.6%	40				51.9	44.4	$17,295
Gardiner High School	Public	9-12	510 Stone Street	Gardiner	59030	Park County	Gardiner High School	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 848-7261	55	5	11.5	36.4%	47 (85.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.5%)	1 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (7.3%)	82.3	17^th of 182 public high schools	90.7%		81.1	5^th of 122 public high schools	95.9%	12	75.0	38.5	38.5			$29,770

Cities Near Gardiner

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Pray	25.2 mi	2
Gallatin Gateway	29.94 mi	5
West Yellowstone	32.07 mi	3	60^th
Livingston	34.41 mi	6
Cooke City	37.7 mi	1

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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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