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Best Public Schools in Sheridan County, MT

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Schools

486

Students

Districts

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Top rankedPlentywood 7-819^th of 222 Montana middle schools

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Biggest riser

Plentywood High School up 4 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Plentywood School 10 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Plentywood 7-8 and 4 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	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
Medicine Lake School	Public	PK, KG-6	311 Young St	Medicine Lake	59247	Sheridan County	Medicine Lake K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 789-2211	47	7	7.1	42.6%	41 (87.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	66.5	123^rd of 401 public elementary schools	69.3%		78.9	48^th of 212 public elementary schools	77.4%	75				43.5	65.2	$28,556
Medicine Lake High School	Public	9-12	311 Young St	Medicine Lake	59247	Sheridan County	Medicine Lake K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 789-2211	25	4	5.9	44.0%	22 (88.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (12.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	63.2	67^th of 182 public high schools	63.2%					(n/a)	75.0	0.0	50.0			$39,070
Medicine Lake 7-8	Public	7-8	311 Young St	Medicine Lake	59247	Sheridan County	Medicine Lake K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 789-2211	16	3	5.5	43.8%	12 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (6.3%)	42	135^th of 222 public middle schools	39.2%		31.4	93^rd of 123 public middle schools	24.4%	42				31.3	46.7	$29,404
Plentywood School	Public	PK, KG-6	100 East Laurel Avenue	Plentywood	59254	Sheridan County	Plentywood K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 765-1803	179	18	10.0	43.0%	149 (83.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.7%)	4 (2.2%)	8 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (8.4%)	68.8	107^th of 401 public elementary schools	73.3%					(n/a)				43.1	59.6	$14,432
Plentywood High School	Public	9-12	100 East Laurel Avenue	Plentywood	59254	Sheridan County	Plentywood K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 765-1803	101	10	10.3	39.6%	93 (92.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.0%)	1 (1.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.0%)	54.1	87^th of 182 public high schools	52.2%		29.7	91^st of 122 public high schools	25.4%	4	50.0	31.8	22.7			$17,127
Plentywood 7-8	Public	7-8	100 East Laurel Avenue	Plentywood	59254	Sheridan County	Plentywood K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 765-1803	61	4	13.6	42.6%	54 (88.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.3%)	1 (1.6%)	1 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.9%)	81.4	19^th of 222 public middle schools	91.4%					(n/a)				51.6	79.0	$17,112
Westby School	Public	PK, KG-6	101 5th Ave East	Westby	59275	Sheridan County	Westby K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 385-2225	33	5	7.2	27.3%	28 (84.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (12.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62.7	138^th of 401 public elementary schools	65.6%		76.5	53^rd of 212 public elementary schools	75.0%	85				38.5	69.2	$29,919
Westby High School	Public	9-12	101 5th Ave East	Westby	59275	Sheridan County	Westby K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 385-2225	15	3	4.4	20.0%	12 (80.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (13.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	72.7	35^th of 182 public high schools	80.8%					(n/a)	66.7	33.3	33.3			$38,683
Westby 7-8	Public	7-8	101 5th Ave East	Westby	59275	Sheridan County	Westby K-12 Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(406) 385-2225	9	2	4.3	55.6%	7 (77.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (22.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22.4	185^th of 222 public middle schools	16.7%					(n/a)				0.0	37.5	$56,539

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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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