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Best Public Schools in Sanders County, MT

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Schools

1,321

Students

Districts

Top rankedHot Springs High School38^th of 182 Montana high schools

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Biggest riser

Hot Springs High School up 38 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Plains High School 11 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Thompson Falls Elementary School and 8 more

SchoolDigger ratings

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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
Noxon School	Public	PK, KG-6	300 Noxon Avenue	Noxon	59853	Sanders County	Noxon Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 847-2442	62	10	6.1	100.0%	58 (93.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.2%)	38.6	257^th of 401 public elementary schools	35.9%					(n/a)				35.9	34.2	$20,858
Noxon 7-8	Public	7-8	300 Noxon Avenue	Noxon	59853	Sanders County	Noxon Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 847-2442	28	4	6.3	96.4%	25 (89.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (10.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16.9	196^th of 222 public middle schools	11.7%					(n/a)				23.1	11.5	$18,309
Dixon 7-8	Public	7-8	411 B Street	Dixon	59831	Sanders County	Dixon Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 246-3566	15	2	6.2	100.0%	5 (33.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (40.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (20.0%)	35.3	155^th of 222 public middle schools	30.2%					(n/a)				42.9	14.3	$56,018
Dixon Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	411 B Street	Dixon	59831	Sanders County	Dixon Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 246-3566	32	6	5.3	100.0%	10 (31.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (12.5%)	52.6	196^th of 401 public elementary schools	51.1%		29.2	162^nd of 212 public elementary schools	23.6%	34				41.2	35.3	$25,255
Hot Springs School	Public, Virtual	PK, KG-6	301 Broadway	Hot Springs	59845	Sanders County	Hot Springs K-12	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	Yes	(406) 741-2014	111	8	13.8	65.8%	72 (64.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (12.6%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (19.8%)	21.5	339^th of 401 public elementary schools	15.5%					(n/a)				20.6	20.6	$17,528
Hot Springs High School	Public, Virtual	9-12	301 Broadway	Hot Springs	59845	Sanders County	Hot Springs K-12	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	Yes	(406) 741-2962	60	5	10.9	55.0%	36 (60.0%)	1 (1.7%)	1 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (31.7%)	71.9	38^th of 182 public high schools	79.1%		38.9	76^th of 122 public high schools	37.7%	38	60.0	27.3	45.5			$22,657
Hot Springs 7-8	Public, Virtual	7-8	301 Broadway	Hot Springs	59845	Sanders County	Hot Springs K-12	(n/a)	(n/a)	Yes	Yes	(406) 741-2962	26	2	12.3	57.7%	17 (65.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (23.1%)	30.2	167^th of 222 public middle schools	24.8%					(n/a)				30.4	13.0	$20,378
Noxon High School	Public	9-12	300 Noxon Avenue	Noxon	59853	Sanders County	Noxon High School	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 847-2442	56	8	6.7	98.2%	42 (75.0%)	1 (1.8%)	8 (14.3%)	1 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (7.1%)	48.7	104^th of 182 public high schools	42.9%		44.6	57^th of 122 public high schools	53.3%	47	37.5	22.2	33.3			$25,749
Plains Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	412 Rittenour	Plains	59859	Sanders County	Plains K-12	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 826-3642	218	16	13.5	100.0%	197 (90.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.6%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.4%)	1 (0.5%)	6 (2.8%)	58.8	161^st of 401 public elementary schools	59.9%		80	43^rd of 212 public elementary schools	79.7%	118				45.5	40.9	$12,936
Plains High School	Public	9-12	412 Rittenour	Plains	59859	Sanders County	Plains K-12	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 826-8600	121	11	11.0	100.0%	113 (93.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	36.7	131^st of 182 public high schools	28.0%		40.3	72^nd of 122 public high schools	41.0%	59	32.1	24.1	20.7			$14,967
Plains 7-8	Public	7-8	412 Rittenour	Plains	59859	Sanders County	Plains K-12	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 826-8600	65	4	16.0	100.0%	59 (90.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.1%)	57.4	90^th of 222 public middle schools	59.5%		56.2	52^nd of 123 public middle schools	57.7%	38				47.4	48.3	$14,136
Thompson Falls Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	315 Columbia	Thompson Falls	59873	Sanders County	Thompson Falls Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 827-3592	240	17	14.5	91.3%	208 (86.7%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.8%)	62.8	137^th of 401 public elementary schools	65.8%					(n/a)				42.1	50.7	$14,116
Thompson Falls 7-8	Public	7-8	306 Haley	Thompson Falls	59873	Sanders County	Thompson Falls Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 827-3593	68	7	10.4	91.2%	63 (92.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.4%)	34	157^th of 222 public middle schools	29.3%					(n/a)				41.2	23.5	$16,637
Thompson Falls High School	Public	9-12	601 Golf	Thompson Falls	59873	Sanders County	Thompson Falls High School	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 827-3561	183	13	13.8	92.3%	159 (86.9%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (7.1%)	2 (1.1%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.8%)	37.9	129^th of 182 public high schools	29.1%		36.8	80^th of 122 public high schools	34.4%	49	47.2	24.3	10.8			$16,802
Trout Creek 7-8	Public	7-8	4 School Lane	Trout Creek	59874	Sanders County	Trout Creek Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 827-3629	4	1	3.4		3 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (25.0%)	3.5	221^st of 222 public middle schools	0.5%					(n/a)				0.0	0.0	$40,914
Trout Creek School	Public	PK, KG-6	4 School Lane	Trout Creek	59874	Sanders County	Trout Creek Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 827-3629	32	4	7.2	100.0%	28 (87.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (6.3%)	13.2	362^nd of 401 public elementary schools	9.7%					(n/a)				10.0	10.0	$40,914

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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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