Miami School

Miami School is a small elementary school in Conrad, Montana, serving grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 38 students. The school is part of the Miami Elementary District, which is ranked 61 out of 387 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Miami School has shown strong performance in certain subject areas, with 65.22% of students proficient or better in MAST/English Language Arts, significantly higher than the state average of 43.09%. The school also had an impressive 88.89% proficiency rate in the Montana Science Assessment, well above the state's 38.16% average. However, the school's mathematics performance has been more mixed, with proficiency rates ranging from 12% to 39.13% in recent years, compared to the state's 36.77% average. The school's student-teacher ratio has varied, ranging from 11.3 to 41 students per teacher, with a relatively low ratio of 19 students per teacher in 2024-2025.

Compared to nearby schools, the surrounding area has seen mixed results. Midway Colony and Bynum School, both small rural schools, have struggled with low proficiency rates, while Meadowlark School in Conrad has performed better. The Valier schools have had mixed results, with the Kingsbury Colony Attn Center performing better than the Valier School. Miami School's performance has also fluctuated significantly over the years, from a high ranking of 73rd out of 401 elementary schools in 2024-2025 to as low as 312th out of 332 in 2022-2023.