Best Public Schools in Zip Code 59825

Summary:

The 59825 zip code area is home to two schools - Clinton School, an elementary school, and Clinton 7-8, a middle school. Both schools are part of the Clinton Elementary District, which is ranked 214th out of 387 districts in Montana and has a 2-star rating.

The standout school in this area appears to be Clinton 7-8, the middle school. It has consistently ranked higher than the elementary school in the statewide middle school rankings, with a 4-star rating and a ranking of 65th out of 222 Montana middle schools for the 2024-2025 school year. Clinton 7-8 also has significantly higher proficiency rates in English Language Arts (51.92%) and Mathematics (51.92%) compared to the elementary school (29.76% and 22.09% respectively) and the state averages (43.09% and 36.77%).

While Clinton 7-8's Science proficiency rate (20.83%) is lower than the elementary school (33.33%) and the state average (38.16%), its overall academic performance appears to be stronger. Both schools have similar free/reduced lunch rates (around 50%) and student-teacher ratios (around 14-15), indicating that the performance gap may be due to factors beyond just the student population or class size.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking ()				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 ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAST English Language Arts All Grades	MAST Mathematics All Grades	Total
Clinton School	Public	PK, KG-6	20397 E Mullan Rd	Clinton	59825	Missoula County	Clinton Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 825-3113	175	12	14.7	46.9%	155 (88.6%)	3 (1.7%)	8 (4.6%)	2 (1.1%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.4%)	28.7	309^th of 401 public elementary schools	22.9%					(n/a)	29.8	22.1	$11,959
Clinton 7-8	Public	7-8	20397E Mullan Rd	Clinton	59825	Missoula County	Clinton Elementary	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(406) 825-3113	51	4	14.4	51.0%	45 (88.2%)	1 (2.0%)	3 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.9%)	62.8	65^th of 222 public middle schools	70.7%					(n/a)	51.9	51.9	$16,220

Cities Near Zip Code 59825

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Clinton	1.92 mi	2
Bonner	9.53 mi	4	50^th
Greenough	15.94 mi	1	77^th
Missoula	16.42 mi	26	25^th
Lolo	19.24 mi	4	66^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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