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Best Public Schools in Pondera County, MT

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Schools

820

Students

Districts

Top rankedMiami School73^rd of 401 Montana elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Miami School up 106 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Conrad High School 8.8 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Valier High School and 2 more

SchoolDigger ratings

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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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
Heart Butte Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1 School Road	Heart Butte	59448	Pondera County	Heart Butte K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 338-2200	60	8	7.6	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3.9	395^th of 401 public elementary schools	1.5%		3.1	205^th of 212 public elementary schools	3.3%	190				0.0	0.0	$26,354
Heart Butte High School	Public	9-12	1 School Rd	Heart Butte	59448	Pondera County	Heart Butte K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 338-3344	41	5	8.6	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (97.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4.5	176^th of 182 public high schools	3.3%		1.9	121^st of 122 public high schools	0.8%	55	0.0	0.0	0.0			$26,014
Heart Butte 6-8	Public	6-8	1 School Rd	Heart Butte	59448	Pondera County	Heart Butte K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 338-2200	18	2	7.6	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4	220^th of 222 public middle schools	0.9%		3.1	120^th of 123 public middle schools	2.4%	100				0.0	0.0	$28,933
Midway Colony	Public	PK, KG-8	605 Healy Spring Rd.	Conrad	59425	Pondera County	Dutton/Brady K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 476-3201	18	2	9.0		18 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28.1	313^th of 401 public elementary schools	21.9%		7.3	194^th of 212 public elementary schools	8.5%	119				16.7	41.7	$12,689
Conrad High School	Public	9-12	308 South Illinois St	Conrad	59425	Pondera County	Conrad High School	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 278-3285	126	14	8.8	40.5%	112 (88.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	5 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.6%)	69.2	46^th of 182 public high schools	74.7%		24.9	99^th of 122 public high schools	18.9%	53	61.1	38.9	27.8			$17,882
Meadowlark School	Public	PK, KG-3	17 3rd Avenue Southwest	Conrad	59425	Pondera County	Conrad Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 278-5620	144	11	13.3	58.3%	126 (87.5%)	1 (0.7%)	5 (3.5%)	2 (1.4%)	4 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.2%)	62.5	141^st of 401 public elementary schools	64.8%					(n/a)				39.5	55.8	$11,531
Utterback 7-8	Public	7-8	24 2nd Avenue Southwest	Conrad	59425	Pondera County	Conrad Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 278-3227	81	5	15.0	43.2%	75 (92.6%)	1 (1.2%)	1 (1.2%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	2 (2.5%)	59	87^th of 222 public middle schools	60.8%					(n/a)				42.1	47.4	$11,495
Utterback 4-6	Public	4-6	24 2nd Avenue Southwest	Conrad	59425	Pondera County	Conrad Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 278-3227	115	9	13.2	56.5%	97 (84.3%)	2 (1.7%)	5 (4.3%)	2 (1.7%)	5 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.5%)								(n/a)				55.2	48.6	$12,321
Dupuyer School	Public	PK, KG-8	319 Columbus Loop	Dupuyer	59432	Pondera County	Dupuyer Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 472-3297	47	4	11.8		46 (97.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5.2	390^th of 401 public elementary schools	2.7%		7.1	195^th of 212 public elementary schools	8.0%	195				0.0	5.6	$9,390
Miami School	Public	PK, KG-8	400 New Miami Colony Lane	Conrad	59425	Pondera County	Miami Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 472-3325	38	2	19.0		38 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	75.1	73^rd of 401 public elementary schools	81.8%		21.4	179^th of 212 public elementary schools	15.6%	106				65.2	39.1	$7,750
Valier School	Public	PK, KG-6	723 4th Street	Valier	59486	Pondera County	Valier Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 279-3314	58	8	7.3	53.4%	33 (56.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (31.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (8.6%)	31.2	296^th of 401 public elementary schools	26.2%		29	164^th of 212 public elementary schools	22.6%	132				27.3	33.3	$16,328
Valier 7-8	Public	7-8	723 4th Street	Valier	59486	Pondera County	Valier Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 279-3314	12	2	5.8	75.0%	5 (41.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (41.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (8.3%)	22.9	184^th of 222 public middle schools	17.1%		18.1	105^th of 123 public middle schools	14.6%	79				16.7	33.3	$19,188
Kingsbury Colony Attn Center	Public	PK, KG-8	804 4th Street	Valier	59486	Pondera County	Valier Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 279-3314	25	1	23.8	96.0%	25 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52.6	195^th of 401 public elementary schools	51.4%		33	152^nd of 212 public elementary schools	28.3%	43				17.7	88.2	$14,387
Valier High School	Public	9-12	804 4th Street	Valier	59486	Pondera County	Valier High School	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 279-3613	37	6	6.5	48.6%	21 (56.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (37.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	70.6	43^rd of 182 public high schools	76.4%					(n/a)	85.7	28.6	28.6			$30,565

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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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