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Lodge Pole School

Public Grades PK, KG-6
373rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 401 Montana Elementary Schools
Better than 7% of Montana elementary schools
Summary

Lodge Pole School is an elementary school located in Hays, Montana, serving grades PK-6 with a total enrollment of 144 students. The school is part of the Hays-Lodge Pole K-12 Schools district, which is ranked 364 out of 387 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite its small class sizes, with a student-teacher ratio ranging from 11.9 to 14.4 students per teacher, Lodge Pole School consistently underperforms the state average in academic proficiency. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 17.14% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 43.09%. Similarly, the school's proficiency rate in Mathematics was just 1.41%, compared to the state average of 36.77%. This persistent underperformance has resulted in the school ranking in the bottom 10-20% of elementary schools in Montana over the past decade.

One factor that may contribute to the school's academic challenges is the high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, which was 100% in the 2024-2025 and 2023-2024 school years. This indicates a significant level of economic disadvantage among the student population. Despite the high per-student spending of around $18,900 in 2018-2019 and the low student-teacher ratio, the school has not shown any meaningful improvement in its academic performance or statewide ranking, suggesting that the issues may be systemic and require a comprehensive, district-wide approach to address.

144
Students ?
14.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$21,774
Per pupil spending ?
100%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 197 School Road
       Hays, MT  59527

(406) 673-3120

District: Hays-Lodge Pole K-12 Schls


Students who attend Lodge Pole School usually attend:

Middle:    Hays-Lodge Pole 7-8
High:    Hays-Lodge Pole High School
Racial breakdown:

American Indian:
93.8%
Hispanic:
4.9%
White:
1.4%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 1st percentile in 2010 → 7th in 2025
Strengths
✓Test scores above the Montana average (73% vs 40% meeting standards)
✓Ranking is trending up — up 6 percentile points since 2010
Worth a look
!In the lower quartile statewide (7th percentile)
!English Language Arts scores 26 pts below the Montana average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school73%
District avg11%
Montana avg40%
373rd of 401
Montana public elementary schools ?
Bottom 7%▲ up 5 pts since 2015
From bottom 2% (2015) to bottom 7% (2025)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
364th of 387Hays-Lodge Pole K-12 Schls 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
20259.1373 of 4017.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.8188 of 21211.3%★☆☆☆☆
202315.5290 of 33212.7%★☆☆☆☆
202214.9298 of 3299.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.8332 of 3566.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20153.9282 of 2871.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20131.5240 of 2462.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201241.1180 of 24426.2%★☆☆☆☆
201129.5201 of 24718.6%★☆☆☆☆
20100.7238 of 2411.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20094.0182 of 1904.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20082.7190 of 1942.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20064.9227 of 2343.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20053.2211 of 2183.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20040.3217 of 2170.0%☆☆☆☆☆
By subject vs Montana (2024-2025) ?
Mathematics100%+63 vs state
English Language Arts17%-26 vs state
Science13%-25 vs state

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Students who attend Lodge Pole School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Hays-Lodge Pole 7-8
High : Hays-Lodge Pole High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 144 students attended Lodge Pole School.

Students at Lodge Pole School are 94% American Indian, 5% Hispanic, 1% White.

Lodge Pole School ranks in the bottom 7.0% of Montana elementary schools.


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