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Fortine School

Public Grades PK, KG-6
302nd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 401 Montana Elementary Schools
Better than 25% of Montana elementary schools
Summary

Fortine School is an elementary school located in Fortine, Montana, serving grades PK-6 with a total enrollment of 44 students. The school is part of the Fortine Elementary School District, which has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Fortine School's academic performance, as measured by proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science, consistently lags behind the state averages and the performance of the nearby Eureka Elementary School. In the 2024-2025 school year, Fortine School's proficiency rates were 34.62% in ELA, 19.23% in Math, and 30% in Science, compared to the state averages of 43.09%, 36.77%, and 38.16%, respectively. Additionally, Fortine School has an exceptionally high rate of free and reduced lunch recipients, with 100% of its students qualifying for this program in the 2024-2025 school year, which is significantly higher than the nearby Eureka Elementary School.

While Fortine School has a relatively low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 8.6 to 11.3 over the past few years, its academic performance is significantly worse than the nearby Eureka Elementary School, which had a ratio of 14.8 in the 2024-2025 school year. This suggests that factors beyond just the student-teacher ratio, such as curriculum, teaching quality, and school leadership, may be contributing to Fortine School's underperformance. Additionally, with the nearest school, Trego School, being over 4 miles away and also underperforming, families in the Fortine area may have limited options for quality educational opportunities for their children.

44
Students ?
8.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$15,906
Per pupil spending ?
100%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 358 Meadow Creek Rd.
       Fortine, MT  59918

(406) 882-4531

District: Fortine Elementary


Students who attend Fortine School usually attend:

Middle:    Fortine 7-8
High:    Lincoln County High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
95.5%
African American:
2.3%
Hispanic:
2.3%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — <1st percentile in 2008 → 25th in 2025
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 25 percentile points since 2008
✓Small classes — about 9 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Montana average (27% vs 40% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (25th percentile)
!Mathematics scores 18 pts below the Montana average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school27%
District avg29%
Montana avg40%
302nd of 401
Montana public elementary schools ?
Bottom 25%▲ up 1 pts since 2015
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
287th of 387Fortine Elementary among Montana districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMontana percentileRating
202530.2302 of 40124.7%★☆☆☆☆
202438.1142 of 21233.0%★★☆☆☆
202336.6237 of 33228.6%★☆☆☆☆
202241.9232 of 32929.5%★☆☆☆☆
202124.6286 of 35619.7%★☆☆☆☆
201528.5220 of 28723.3%★☆☆☆☆
20080.7194 of 1940.0%☆☆☆☆☆
By subject vs Montana (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts35%-8 vs state
Science30%-8 vs state
Mathematics19%-18 vs state

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Students who attend Fortine School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Fortine 7-8
High : Lincoln County High School

Students at Fortine School are 95% White, 2% African American, 2% Hispanic.

In the 2024-25 school year, 44 students attended Fortine School.

Fortine School ranks in the bottom 24.7% of Montana elementary schools.


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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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