Best Public Schools in Stockett, MT

Summary:

The city of Stockett, Montana has only one school, Hill Top Colony School, which serves grades PK-8 and is part of the Centerville Elementary school district. With just 19 students, Hill Top Colony School is an extremely small institution, but it exhibits uneven academic performance, with strong math proficiency but low English Language Arts (ELA) and science proficiency compared to district and state averages.

While Hill Top Colony School's math proficiency rate of 64.29% is much higher than the Centerville Elementary district average of 45.7% and the state average of 36.77%, its ELA proficiency rate of 28.57% is significantly lower than the district average of 44.37% and the state average of 43.09%. The school's science proficiency rate of 10% is also very low compared to the district average of 41.18% and the state average of 38.16%. Additionally, the school's statewide ranking has fluctuated, going from 160 out of 212 elementary schools in 2023-2024 (1 star) to 228 out of 401 in 2024-2025 (2 stars), suggesting inconsistent performance.

Despite its small size, Hill Top Colony School has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 9.3 to 1, which may allow for more individualized attention. However, the limited data available makes it difficult to draw more definitive conclusions about the school's overall strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement, as information on factors such as the free/reduced lunch rate and student demographics is not provided.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				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	MAST English Language Arts All Grades	MAST Mathematics All Grades	Total
Hill Top Colony School	Public	PK, KG-8	909 Spring Creek Road	Stockett	59480	Cascade County	Centerville Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 736-5169	19	2	9.3		19 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45.4	228^th of 401 public elementary schools	43.1%		30.5	160^th of 212 public elementary schools	24.5%	68	28.6	64.3	$9,626

Cities Near Stockett

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Belt	8.21 mi	4	22^nd
Great Falls	9.77 mi	23
Sand Coulee	10.43 mi	4	68^th
Ulm	21.77 mi	3
Cascade	26.34 mi	3

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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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