Best Public Schools in Lewis and Clark County, Montana & Rankings

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				Montana State Tests Mathematics (2024)	Montana State Tests Reading (2024)	Montana State Tests Science (2024)	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 (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Montana State Tests Mathematics All Grades	Montana State Tests Reading All Grades	Montana State Tests Science All Grades	Total
Kessler Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2420 Choteau Street	Helena	59601	Lewis and Clark County	Helena Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 324-1700	248	17	14.3	21.0%	208 (83.9%)	4 (1.6%)	25 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	50.4	124^th of 212 public elementary schools	41.5%		42.4	216^th of 332 public elementary schools	34.9%	92	35.0	38.5	41.2	$12,541
Broadwater School	Public	PK, KG-5	900 Hollins	Helena	59601	Lewis and Clark County	Helena Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 324-1130	247	17	14.8	44.5%	203 (82.2%)	4 (1.6%)	21 (8.5%)	1 (0.4%)	11 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.8%)	55.2	109^th of 212 public elementary schools	48.6%		58.2	152^nd of 332 public elementary schools	54.2%	43	33.3	50.8	37.5	$13,945
Bryant School	Public	PK, KG-5	1529 Boulder	Helena	59601	Lewis and Clark County	Helena Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 324-1200	336	24	14.1	58.6%	236 (70.2%)	1 (0.3%)	59 (17.6%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.9%)	27.9	168^th of 212 public elementary schools	20.8%		27.9	260^th of 332 public elementary schools	21.7%	92	22.1	30.7	29.3	$13,947
Central School	Public	PK, KG-5	1325 Poplar	Helena	59601	Lewis and Clark County	Helena Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 324-1230	284	21	13.3	41.5%	237 (83.5%)	4 (1.4%)	20 (7.0%)	1 (0.4%)	17 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.8%)	81.8	35^th of 212 public elementary schools	83.5%		57.9	154^th of 332 public elementary schools	53.6%	119	48.4	60.5	54.9	$16,565
Four Georgians School	Public	PK, KG-5	555 Custer Avenue	Helena	59601	Lewis and Clark County	Helena Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 324-1300	459	27	17.0	18.3%	389 (84.7%)	4 (0.9%)	34 (7.4%)	6 (1.3%)	11 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (3.1%)	71.9	66^th of 212 public elementary schools	68.9%		81.8	56^th of 332 public elementary schools	83.1%	10	49.5	54.3	42.6	$12,054
Hawthorne School	Public	PK, KG-5	430 Madison Avenue	Helena	59601	Lewis and Clark County	Helena Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 324-1370	210	14	15.0	12.9%	174 (82.9%)	1 (0.5%)	16 (7.6%)	1 (0.5%)	8 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.8%)	67.4	80^th of 212 public elementary schools	62.3%		65.8	120^th of 332 public elementary schools	63.9%	40	53.0	58.0	31.4	$12,955
Jefferson School	Public	PK, KG-5	1023 Broadway	Helena	59601	Lewis and Clark County	Helena Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 324-2060	247	14	17.5	11.3%	214 (86.6%)	1 (0.4%)	19 (7.7%)	2 (0.8%)	5 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)	95.7	4^th of 212 public elementary schools	98.1%		97.3	5^th of 332 public elementary schools	98.5%	1	70.9	71.7	66.7	$13,206
Warren School	Public	PK, KG-5	2690 Old York Road	Helena	59602	Lewis and Clark County	Helena Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 324-1600	307	17	18.4	30.6%	271 (88.3%)	2 (0.7%)	16 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.6%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	76.1	54^th of 212 public elementary schools	74.5%		67.3	114^th of 332 public elementary schools	65.7%	60	56.8	45.8	54.2	$12,543
Helena Middle School	Public	6-8	1025 North Rodney	Helena	59601	Lewis and Clark County	Helena Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 324-1000	671	43	15.6	29.7%	562 (83.8%)	8 (1.2%)	43 (6.4%)	4 (0.6%)	17 (2.5%)	1 (0.1%)	36 (5.4%)	58.2	49^th of 123 public middle schools	60.2%		75.1	37^th of 187 public middle schools	80.2%	12	41.4	47.1	37.2	$12,876
C R Anderson Middle School	Public	6-8	1200 Knight St	Helena	59601	Lewis and Clark County	Helena Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 324-2800	1,016	57	17.7	20.9%	884 (87.0%)	6 (0.6%)	50 (4.9%)	4 (0.4%)	19 (1.9%)	2 (0.2%)	51 (5.0%)	72.8	27^th of 123 public middle schools	78.0%		76.4	36^th of 187 public middle schools	80.7%	9	40.9	51.5	57.1	$11,583
Radley Elementary School	Public	3-5	226 E Clinton	East Helena	59635	Lewis and Clark County	East Helena K-12	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 227-7710	421	23	18.1	40.6%	352 (83.6%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.4%)								(n/a)			50.3	$10,422
Eastgate School	Public	PK-K	4010 Gradestake	East Helena	59635	Lewis and Clark County	East Helena K-12	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 227-7770	149	12	12.4	41.6%	118 (79.2%)	1 (0.7%)	8 (5.4%)	1 (0.7%)	6 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (10.1%)								(n/a)				$12,797
East Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	401 E Kalispell	East Helena	59635	Lewis and Clark County	East Helena K-12	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 227-7740	478	26	18.5	40.2%	390 (81.6%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (7.7%)	2 (0.4%)	12 (2.5%)	2 (0.4%)	34 (7.1%)								(n/a)			43.8	$9,497
Prickly Pear Elementary	Public	1-2	2520 Valley Drive	East Helena	59635	Lewis and Clark County	East Helena K-12	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 227-7700	285	18	16.1	44.6%	237 (83.2%)	1 (0.4%)	21 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.5%)	1 (0.4%)	18 (6.3%)								(n/a)				$11,096
East Helena High School	Public	9-12	2760 Valley Drive	East Helena	59635	Lewis and Clark County	East Helena K-12	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 227-7700	582	32	18.1	33.7%	486 (83.5%)	2 (0.3%)	31 (5.3%)	5 (0.9%)	13 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (7.7%)	43.2	64^th of 122 public high schools	47.5%		43.4	63^rd of 124 public high schools	49.2%	1	26.8	51.1	26.9	$10,352
Capital High School	Public	9-12	100 Valley Drive	Helena	59601	Lewis and Clark County	Helena High School	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 324-2500	1,367	85	16.0	16.4%	1,190 (87.1%)	9 (0.7%)	74 (5.4%)	15 (1.1%)	29 (2.1%)	2 (0.1%)	47 (3.4%)	65.8	19^th of 122 public high schools	84.4%		72.5	17^th of 124 public high schools	86.3%	2	40.7	60.4	37.2	$12,877
Helena High School	Public	9-12	1300 Billings Avenue	Helena	59601	Lewis and Clark County	Helena High School	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 324-2200	1,087	74	14.6	20.0%	897 (82.5%)	17 (1.6%)	69 (6.3%)	13 (1.2%)	34 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (5.2%)	65.1	22^nd of 122 public high schools	82.0%		59.1	34^th of 124 public high schools	72.6%	12	37.5	61.1	38.8	$13,957
Smith School	Public	PK, KG-5	2320 5th Avenue	Helena	59601	Lewis and Clark County	Helena Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 324-1530	292	20	14.7	24.0%	203 (69.5%)	5 (1.7%)	67 (22.9%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)	82	32^nd of 212 public elementary schools	84.9%		68.7	105^th of 332 public elementary schools	68.4%	73	46.9	57.2	63.0	$13,714
Jim Darcy School	Public	PK, KG-5	990 Lincoln Road West	Helena	59602	Lewis and Clark County	Helena Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 324-1410	486	25	19.4	9.9%	445 (91.6%)	4 (0.8%)	25 (5.1%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	67.8	79^th of 212 public elementary schools	62.7%		53.7	171^st of 332 public elementary schools	48.5%	92	38.4	50.4	51.3	$11,824
Rossiter School	Public	PK, KG-5	1497 Sierra Road East	Helena	59602	Lewis and Clark County	Helena Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 324-1500	370	24	15.4	25.4%	310 (83.8%)	8 (2.2%)	38 (10.3%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.7%)	62.8	91^st of 212 public elementary schools	57.1%		60	142^nd of 332 public elementary schools	57.2%	51	44.6	46.8	40.9	$13,609
Augusta Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	410 Broadway	Augusta	59410	Lewis and Clark County	Augusta Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 562-3384	80	7	10.7	46.3%	69 (86.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (7.5%)	79.7	46^th of 212 public elementary schools	78.3%		68.4	106^th of 332 public elementary schools	68.1%	60	48.6	60.0		$14,914
Augusta 7-8	Public	7-8	410 Broadway	Augusta	59410	Lewis and Clark County	Augusta Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 562-3384	12	3	4.7	58.3%	11 (91.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	76.4	24^th of 123 public middle schools	80.5%		87.8	11^th of 187 public middle schools	94.1%	13	66.7	46.7		$14,930
Augusta High School	Public	9-12	410 Broadway	Augusta	59410	Lewis and Clark County	Augusta High School	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 562-3384	29	5	5.5	62.1%	23 (79.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (10.3%)	1 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (6.9%)								(n/a)				$28,730
Auchard Creek School	Public	PK, KG-8	9605 Hwy 287	Wolf Creek	59648	Lewis and Clark County	Auchard Creek Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 562-3528	16	1	16.0	81.3%	16 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	53.9	113^th of 212 public elementary schools	46.7%					(n/a)	81.8	18.2		$12,528
Lincoln Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	808 Main Street	Lincoln	59639	Lewis and Clark County	Lincoln K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 362-4201	85	8	10.0	100.0%	74 (87.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (10.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.4%)	88.2	22^nd of 212 public elementary schools	89.6%		78.7	70^th of 332 public elementary schools	78.9%	48	48.8	67.4	66.7	$15,829
Lincoln High School	Public	9-12	808 Main Street	Lincoln	59639	Lewis and Clark County	Lincoln K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 362-4201	46	6	7.7	100.0%	41 (89.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (6.5%)								(n/a)				$23,650
Lincoln 7-8	Public	7-8	808 Main Street	Lincoln	59639	Lewis and Clark County	Lincoln K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 362-4201	18	2	7.7	100.0%	15 (83.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (11.1%)	36.1	82^nd of 123 public middle schools	33.3%		55.3	83^rd of 187 public middle schools	55.6%	1	21.4	42.9		$23,057
Trinity School	Public	PK, KG-8	7435 Duffy Lane	Canyon Creek	59633	Lewis and Clark County	Trinity Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 368-2230	41	3	13.2		39 (95.1%)	1 (2.4%)	1 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	74.5	62^nd of 212 public elementary schools	70.8%		94.2	17^th of 332 public elementary schools	94.9%	45	75.0	43.8		$11,770
Wolf Creek School	Public	PK, KG-6	c/o Young 150 Walsh St	Wolf Creek	59648	Lewis and Clark County	Wolf Creek Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 235-4241	10	1	10.0	30.0%	7 (70.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (30.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)				$31,585

Best Public Schools in Lewis and Clark County, MT

Jefferson School

Lincoln Elementary School

Smith School

Central School

Augusta Elementary School

Augusta 7-8

Warren School

Trinity School

C R Anderson Middle School

Four Georgians School

Jim Darcy School

Hawthorne School

Capital High School

Helena High School

Rossiter School

Helena Middle School

Broadwater School

Auchard Creek School

Kessler Elementary School

East Helena High School

Lincoln 7-8

Bryant School

Augusta High School

East Valley Middle School

Eastgate School

Lincoln High School

Prickly Pear Elementary

Radley Elementary School

Wolf Creek School

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