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Best Public Schools in Golden Valley County, MT

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129

Students

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Top rankedLavina High School2^nd of 182 Montana high schools

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Biggest riser

Lavina Elementary up 62 spots statewide this year

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Newly ranked this year

Lavina High School and 1 more

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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
Lavina Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	214 1st St East	Lavina	59046	Golden Valley County	Lavina K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 636-2761	31	5	6.5	74.2%	26 (83.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (12.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.2%)	66.3	124^th of 401 public elementary schools	69.1%		15.6	186^th of 212 public elementary schools	12.3%	62				41.7	75.0	$28,327
Lavina High School	Public	9-12	214 1st St East	Lavina	59046	Golden Valley County	Lavina K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 636-2761	23	6	3.8	34.8%	18 (78.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (17.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.3%)	97.4	2^nd of 182 public high schools	98.9%					(n/a)	100.0	50.0	75.0			$28,353
Lavina Middle School	Public	6-8	214 1st St East	Lavina	59046	Golden Valley County	Lavina K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 636-2761	20	2	9.7	60.0%	18 (90.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.0%)	33.6	161^st of 222 public middle schools	27.5%		31.1	94^th of 123 public middle schools	23.6%	67				31.6	21.1	$15,187
Ryegate School	Public	PK, KG-8	207 2nd Ave W	Ryegate	59074	Golden Valley County	Ryegate K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 568-2211	33	5	6.3	100.0%	32 (97.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.0%)	3.9	396^th of 401 public elementary schools	1.2%		8.2	193^rd of 212 public elementary schools	9.0%	203				0.0	0.0	$29,725
Ryegate High School	Public	9-12	207 2nd Avenue West	Ryegate	59074	Golden Valley County	Ryegate K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 568-2211	14	2	6.0	100.0%	14 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41	122^nd of 182 public high schools	33.0%					(n/a)	33.3	33.3	16.7			$23,510
Ryegate 7-8	Public	7-8	207 2nd Ave W	Ryegate	59074	Golden Valley County	Ryegate K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 568-2215	8	2	4.6		7 (87.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (12.5%)	27	174^th of 222 public middle schools	21.6%		9.4	110^th of 123 public middle schools	10.6%	64				33.3	22.2	$25,597

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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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