Best Public Schools in Medicine Lake, MT

Summary:

The city of Medicine Lake, Montana, is home to three schools that serve students from elementary through high school: Medicine Lake School (elementary), Medicine Lake High School, and Medicine Lake 7-8 (middle school). These schools are part of the Medicine Lake K-12 Schools district, which is ranked 168th out of 387 districts in Montana and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Among the standout schools, Medicine Lake School ranks 48th out of 212 Montana elementary schools and has a 4-star rating, with strong performance in mathematics proficiency. Medicine Lake High School ranks 67th out of 182 Montana high schools and has a 3-star rating, excelling in English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency. However, Medicine Lake 7-8 underperforms the state average in ELA, mathematics, and science.

The schools in Medicine Lake have relatively high free and reduced lunch rates, ranging from 42.55% at Medicine Lake School to 44% at Medicine Lake High School. All three schools have the same reported spending per student of $19,972 for the 2018-2019 school year, and they have relatively low student-teacher ratios, suggesting a focus on resource allocation and small class sizes.

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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
Medicine Lake School	Public	PK, KG-6	311 Young St	Medicine Lake	59247	Sheridan County	Medicine Lake K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 789-2211	47	7	7.1	42.6%	41 (87.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	66.5	123^rd of 401 public elementary schools	69.3%		78.9	48^th of 212 public elementary schools	77.4%	75				43.5	65.2	$28,556
Medicine Lake High School	Public	9-12	311 Young St	Medicine Lake	59247	Sheridan County	Medicine Lake K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 789-2211	25	4	5.9	44.0%	22 (88.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (12.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	63.2	67^th of 182 public high schools	63.2%					(n/a)	75.0	0.0	50.0			$39,070
Medicine Lake 7-8	Public	7-8	311 Young St	Medicine Lake	59247	Sheridan County	Medicine Lake K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 789-2211	16	3	5.5	43.8%	12 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (6.3%)	42	135^th of 222 public middle schools	39.2%		31.4	93^rd of 123 public middle schools	24.4%	42				31.3	46.7	$29,404

Cities Near Medicine Lake

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Froid	11.7 mi	3	64^th
Plentywood	19.06 mi	3
Culbertson	24.74 mi	3
Bainville	28.27 mi	3
Brockton	30.96 mi	3	122^nd

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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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