Best Public Schools in Zip Code 59434

Summary:

The 59434 zip code area has only one school, East Glacier Park School, which serves grades PK-8 and has a total enrollment of 45 students. The school is part of the East Glacier Park Elementary school district, which is ranked 350 out of 387 districts in Montana and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

East Glacier Park School is struggling academically, with proficiency rates significantly below the state averages in English Language Arts (24% vs. 43.09%), Mathematics (8% vs. 36.77%), and Science (22.22% vs. 38.16%). The school's performance has also declined over time, dropping from a statewide ranking of 202 out of 212 elementary schools in 2023-2024 to 354 out of 401 in 2024-2025. Additionally, 100% of the students at East Glacier Park School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating high levels of economic disadvantage in the community.

Despite the small size of the school, with a student-teacher ratio of 10.4 to 1, the academic performance and economic challenges faced by the school and its students suggest a need for targeted interventions and support to improve educational outcomes in the 59434 zip code area.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				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	MAST English Language Arts All Grades	MAST Mathematics All Grades	Total
East Glacier Park School	Public	PK, KG-8	125 Washington St	E Glacier Park	59434	Glacier County	East Glacier Park Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 226-5543	45	4	10.4	100.0%	6 (13.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (86.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16.2	354^th of 401 public elementary schools	11.7%		4.7	202^nd of 212 public elementary schools	4.7%	152	24.0	8.0	$24,975

Cities Near Zip Code 59434

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
E Glacier Park	0.29 mi	1	120^th
Browning	11.08 mi	5	123^rd
Heart Butte	21.14 mi	3	125^th
Cut Bank	30.19 mi	11	88^th
Babb	30.91 mi	1	94^th

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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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