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Best Public Schools in Liberty County, MT

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Schools

236

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedSage Creek Elementary14^th of 401 Montana elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Chester-Joplin-Inverness 7-8 up 14 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Chester-Joplin-Inverness School 12.8 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Sage Creek Elementary 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 (2025)	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
Chester-Joplin-Inverness School	Public	PK, KG-6	101 School Street	Chester	59522	Liberty County	Chester-Joplin-Inverness Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 759-5477	124	10	12.8	57.3%	118 (95.2%)	2 (1.6%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	2 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	77.5	64^th of 401 public elementary schools	84.0%		68.3	77^th of 212 public elementary schools	63.7%	13				65.8	47.3	$15,307
Sage Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	494 South 1346 East	Chester	59522	Liberty County	Chester-Joplin-Inverness Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 759-5477	5	1	4.0		5 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	95.6	14^th of 401 public elementary schools	96.5%					(n/a)				75.0	75.0	$13,325
Chester-Joplin-Inverness 7-8	Public	7-8	101 School Street	Chester	59522	Liberty County	Chester-Joplin-Inverness Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 759-5108	30	4	6.9	60.0%	28 (93.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	63.6	61^st of 222 public middle schools	72.5%		39.3	75^th of 123 public middle schools	39.0%	14				50.0	62.5	$15,064
High-Line Colony School	Public	PK, KG-8	1262 Whitlash Rd	Chester	59522	Liberty County	Chester-Joplin-Inverness Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(406) 759-6302	23	2	11.5		23 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49.1	212^th of 401 public elementary schools	47.1%					(n/a)				27.3	72.7
Chester-Joplin-Inverness High School	Public	9-12	101 School Street	Chester	59522	Liberty County	Chester-Joplin-Inverness High School	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 759-5108	54	5	10.9	57.4%	48 (88.9%)	2 (3.7%)	1 (1.9%)	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.9%)	1 (1.9%)	49	103^rd of 182 public high schools	43.4%		22.7	102^nd of 122 public high schools	16.4%	1	57.1	21.4	21.4			$24,980

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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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