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Best Public Schools in Wheatland County, MT

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Schools

328

Students

Districts

Top rankedHillcrest 7-833^rd of 222 Montana middle schools

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Smallest classes

Hillcrest School 12.1 students per teacher

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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
Hillcrest School	Public	PK, KG-8	500 B Avenue NE	Harlowton	59036	Wheatland County	Harlowton K-12	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 632-4361	195	16	12.1	76.4%	170 (87.2%)	1 (0.5%)	15 (7.7%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.6%)	29.7	306^th of 401 public elementary schools	23.7%		31.6	157^th of 212 public elementary schools	25.9%	149				24.6	32.7	$16,922
Harlowton High School	Public	9-12	304 Division St	Harlowton	59036	Wheatland County	Harlowton K-12	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 632-4324	66	7	8.9	53.0%	54 (81.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (6.1%)	61	75^th of 182 public high schools	58.8%		61.8	25^th of 122 public high schools	79.5%	50	76.5	17.7	29.4			$21,586
Hillcrest 7-8	Public	7-8	304 Division St	Harlowton	59036	Wheatland County	Harlowton K-12	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 632-4361	37	3	13.3	56.8%	26 (70.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (13.5%)	2 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (10.8%)	73.7	33^rd of 222 public middle schools	85.1%		84.4	13^th of 123 public middle schools	89.4%	20				58.8	47.1	$20,452
Judith Gap School	Public	PK, KG-6	306 4th Avenue	Judith Gap	59453	Wheatland County	Judith Gap Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 473-2211	25	4	6.6	100.0%	23 (92.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.0%)	8	377^th of 401 public elementary schools	6.0%		1.9	211^th of 212 public elementary schools	0.5%	166				0.0	0.0	$25,308
Judith Gap 7-8	Public	7-8	306 4th Avenue	Judith Gap	59453	Wheatland County	Judith Gap Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 473-2211	1	1	.9		1 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)						$21,276
Judith Gap High School	Public	9-12	306 4th Avenue	Judith Gap	59453	Wheatland County	Judith Gap High School	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 473-2211	4	2	1.8		3 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (25.0%)								(n/a)						$99,024

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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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