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Best Elementary Schools in Phillips County, MT

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Schools

341

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedWhitewater School17^th of 401 Montana elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Whitewater School up 56 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Malta K-5 13 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Dodson School and 1 more

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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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	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
Dodson School	Public	PK, KG-6	124 First Ave W	Dodson	59524	Phillips County	Dodson K-12	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 383-4362	38	8	4.7	—	2 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (89.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17.9	350^th of 401 public elementary schools	12.7%					(n/a)	20.7	20.7	$28,315
Malta K-5	Public	PK, KG-8	706 South 3rd Avenue East	Malta	59538	Phillips County	Malta K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 654-2320	246	19	13.0	58.9%	195 (79.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (9.3%)	49.1	213^th of 401 public elementary schools	46.9%		70.3	72^nd of 212 public elementary schools	66.0%	141	38.7	36.0	$14,326
Loring Colony School	Public	PK, KG-8	6888 Turner Cutacross Rd	Loring	59538	Phillips County	Malta K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 674-5525	7	0	6.0	—	7 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3.5	398^th of 401 public elementary schools	0.7%					(n/a)	0.0	0.0	$14,463
Saco School	Public	PK, KG-6	321 Hwy 243	Saco	59261	Phillips County	Saco Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 527-3531	31	5	6.7	71.0%	26 (83.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (6.5%)	77.4	65^th of 401 public elementary schools	83.8%		68.8	76^th of 212 public elementary schools	64.2%	11	64.7	47.1	$23,921
Whitewater School	Public	PK, KG-5	1 Main Street	Whitewater	59544	Phillips County	Whitewater K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 674-5417	19	1	14.7	84.2%	18 (94.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	94.5	17^th of 401 public elementary schools	95.8%		70.2	73^rd of 212 public elementary schools	65.6%	56	77.8	66.7	$35,734

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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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