Public schools in Montana

842 public schools and 394 school districts in Montana: students, class sizes, charter schools and spending per student, by district.

Public schools

Montana has 842 public schools with 147,049 students and 13.8 students per teacher (US: 15.2).

239 schools serve free meals to every student.

Elementary schools: 423
Middle schools: 232
High schools: 187
Students per teacher: 13.8; US: 15.2

State test results

Students proficient across Montana (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year).

Reading: 43% proficient
Math: 37% proficient

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

School districts

Districts with schools here, by students here.

District	Schools	Students	Spending / student
Billings Elem	28	11,169	$12,131
Great Falls Elem	17	6,890	$12,441
Billings H S	6	5,444	$12,650
Missoula Elem	14	5,293	$14,035
Helena Elem	16	5,100	$13,260
Bozeman Elem	10	4,657	$11,323
Missoula H S	5	3,959	$14,071
Kalispell Elem	7	3,097	$12,834

Largest schools

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	City or town
Billings West High School	9–12	2,115	15.2	Billings
Billings Sr High School	9–12	1,629	16.6	Billings
Great Falls High School	9–12	1,548	15.1	Great Falls
Skyview High School	9–12	1,542	18.8	Billings
Flathead High SchoolFree meals for all

All 842 schools

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Largest school districts

All 394 districts

District	Schools	Students	Spending / student
Billings Elem	28	11,169	$12,131
Great Falls Elem	17	6,890	$12,441
Billings H S	6	5,444	$12,650
Missoula Elem	14	5,293	$14,035
Helena Elem	16	5,100	$13,260
Bozeman Elem	10	4,657	$11,323
Missoula H S	5	3,959	$14,071
Kalispell Elem	7	3,097	$12,834
Flathead H S	4	2,976	$11,886
Great Falls H S	2	2,960	$11,284
Butte Elem	7	2,929	$10,560
Bozeman H S	3	2,790	$13,483
Helena H S	4	2,373	$13,476
Belgrade Elem	4	2,269	$11,915
East Helena K-12	7	1,972	$10,159
Hamilton K-12 Schools	6	1,631	$11,698
Lockwood K-12	4	1,580	$11,336
Corvallis K-12 Schools	10	1,517	$11,035
Columbia Falls Elem	3	1,505	$12,401
Hellgate Elem	4	1,464	$11,821
Whitefish Elem	2	1,318	$12,455
Frenchtown K-12 Schools	5	1,314	$11,291
Havre Elem	4	1,299	$11,928
Browning Elem	7	1,280	$20,983
Butte H S	1	1,266	$16,169
Hardin Elem	5	1,221	$16,808
Laurel Elem	4	1,157	$12,447
Libby K-12 Schools	3	1,127	$12,082
Polson Elem	3	1,075	$12,596
Ronan Elem	3	1,039	$12,924
Belgrade H S	1	958	$12,266
Miles City Elem	5	926	$12,091
Sidney Elem	3	879	$12,715
Lewistown Elem	4	815	$12,529
West Valley Elem	2	806	$9,716
Glasgow K-12 Schools	3	778	$13,027
Livingston Elem	3	777	$13,936
Dillon Elem	2	756	$11,526
Glendive Elem	3	753	$15,637
Huntley Project K-12 Schools	3	751	$15,507
Townsend K-12 Schools	3	733	$12,341
Anaconda Elem	3	727	$17,048
Florence-Carlton K-12 Schls	3	718	$11,276
Elder Grove Elem	2	713	$9,298
Columbia Falls H S	1	691	$14,251
Monforton Elem	3	679	$9,851
Stevensville Elem	2	663	$9,490
Evergreen Elem	2	645	$14,798
Browning H S	1	633	$16,321
Whitefish H S	1	618	$14,719
Bigfork Elem	2	579	$10,729
Laurel H S	1	578	$12,555
Poplar Elem	3	570	$23,470
Target Range Elem	2	544	$12,241
Three Forks Elem	2	543	$11,277
Cut Bank Elem	7	534	$12,817
Somers Elem	2	534	$11,358
Lolo Elem	2	532	$12,277
Eureka Elem	2	528	$12,639
Shepherd Elem	2	522	$10,361