Montana school data rankings

Compare regular public school districts by one measure at a time, then inspect the underlying profile. Of 387 regular districts, 387 report 2024–25 enrollment and 387 match the FY 2023 finance file. Charter, service, specialized, and other agencies remain in the directory but are excluded from these unlike comparisons.

Explore and re-rank regular Montana districts

Search by district or city, then switch between enrollment, spending, instructional investment, and student–teacher ratio. Missing records are excluded only from the selected measure.

District or city

Comparison measure

Showing 1–25 of 387 regular districts reporting enrollment. NCES CCD 2024–25.

Scroll horizontally to see every column.

Districts ordered by the selected measure; positions describe data, not school quality
Position	District	City	Schools	Enrollment
1	Billings Elem	Billings	28	11,169
2	Great Falls Elem	Great Falls	17	6,890
3	Billings H S	Billings	6	5,444
4	Missoula Elem	Missoula	13	5,293
5	Helena Elem	Helena	15	5,100
6	Bozeman Elem	Bozeman	10	4,657
7	Missoula H S	Missoula	5	3,959
8	Kalispell Elem	Kalispell	7	3,097
9	Flathead H S	Kalispell	4	2,976
10	Great Falls H S	Great Falls	2	2,960
11	Butte Elem	Butte	7	2,929
12	Bozeman H S	Bozeman	3	2,790
13	Helena H S	Helena	4	2,373
14	Belgrade Elem	Belgrade	4	2,269
15	East Helena K-12	East Helena	7	1,972
16	Hamilton K-12 Schools	Hamilton	6	1,631
17	Lockwood K-12	Lockwood	4	1,580
18	Corvallis K-12 Schools	Corvallis	10	1,517
19	Columbia Falls Elem	Columbia Falls	3	1,505
20	Hellgate Elem	Missoula	4	1,464
21	Whitefish Elem	Whitefish	2	1,318
22	Frenchtown K-12 Schools	Frenchtown	5	1,314
23	Havre Elem	Havre	4	1,299
24	Browning Elem	Browning	7	1,280
25	Butte H S	Butte	2	1,266

The first 25 reported enrollment records are shown. JavaScript enables filtering and additional pages. Browse the complete state directory.

Largest school districts in Montana

Ordered by 2024–25 reported membership. This is a scale comparison, not a quality ranking.

Rank	Name	Location	Students
1	Billings Elem 28 schools	Billings	11,169
2	Great Falls Elem 17 schools	Great Falls	6,890
3	Billings H S 6 schools	Billings	5,444
4	Missoula Elem 13 schools	Missoula	5,293
5	Helena Elem 15 schools	Helena	5,100
6	Bozeman Elem 10 schools	Bozeman	4,657
7	Missoula H S 5 schools	Missoula	3,959
8	Kalispell Elem 7 schools	Kalispell	3,097
9	Flathead H S 4 schools	Kalispell	2,976
10	Great Falls H S 2 schools	Great Falls	2,960
11	Butte Elem 7 schools	Butte	2,929
12	Bozeman H S 3 schools	Bozeman	2,790
13	Helena H S 4 schools	Helena	2,373
14	Belgrade Elem 4 schools	Belgrade	2,269
15	East Helena K-12 7 schools	East Helena	1,972
16	Hamilton K-12 Schools 6 schools	Hamilton	1,631
17	Lockwood K-12 4 schools	Lockwood	1,580
18	Corvallis K-12 Schools 10 schools	Corvallis	1,517
19	Columbia Falls Elem 3 schools	Columbia Falls	1,505
20	Hellgate Elem 4 schools	Missoula	1,464
21	Whitefish Elem 2 schools	Whitefish	1,318
22	Frenchtown K-12 Schools 5 schools	Frenchtown	1,314
23	Havre Elem 4 schools	Havre	1,299
24	Browning Elem 7 schools	Browning	1,280
25	Butte H S 2 schools	Butte	1,266

Source: NCES CCD LEA Membership, 2024–25.

Highest spending per pupil in Montana

Ordered by FY 2023 current expenditure per pupil among districts with at least 200 students. District responsibilities and local costs differ.

Rank	Name	Location	Per pupil
1	Hays-Lodge Pole K-12 Schls 255 students	Hays	$27,782
2	Poplar Elem 570 students	Poplar	$22,549
3	Browning Elem 1,280 students	Browning	$21,449
4	Box Elder Elem 298 students	Box Elder	$21,294
5	Rocky Boy Elem 421 students	Box Elder	$21,245
6	Lame Deer Elem 353 students	Lame Deer	$20,335
7	Arlee Elem 263 students	Arlee	$20,185
8	Bridger K-12 Schools 203 students	Bridger	$19,357
9	Baker K-12 Schools 464 students	Baker	$19,184
10	Colstrip Elem 336 students	Colstrip	$19,131
11	Harlowton K-12 298 students	Harlowton	$19,101
12	Lodge Grass Elem 230 students	Lodge Grass	$18,982
13	Poplar H S 275 students	Poplar	$18,170
14	Sidney H S 355 students	Sidney	$17,424
15	Troy Elem 235 students	Troy	$17,314
16	Victor K-12 Schools 254 students	Victor	$17,242
17	Wolf Point H S 200 students	Wolf Point	$17,182
18	Hardin Elem 1,221 students	Hardin	$17,138
19	Browning H S 633 students	Browning	$17,004
20	Twin Bridges K-12 Schools 223 students	Twin Bridges	$16,905
21	Beaverhead County H S 339 students	Dillon	$16,794
22	Stevensville H S 347 students	Stevensville	$16,573
23	Harlem Elem 454 students	Harlem	$16,186
24	St Ignatius K-12 Schools 459 students	St Ignatius	$16,181
25	Wolf Point Elem 480 students	Wolf Point	$16,053

Source: NCES School District Finance Survey (F-33), FY 2023. Resource measure only.

Montana high schools with broad reported program access

Counts AP student enrollment, gifted programming, and computer-science classes reported in CRDC. This does not measure course quality, participation rates, or current availability.

Rank	Name	Location	Positive fields
1	Billings Sr High School 09–12 · 17 AP courses	Billings H S	3 of 3
2	Sentinel High School 09–12 · 17 AP courses	Missoula H S	3 of 3
3	Billings West High School 09–12 · 15 AP courses	Billings H S	3 of 3
4	Gallatin High School 09–12 · 15 AP courses	Bozeman H S	3 of 3
5	Capital High School 09–12 · 15 AP courses	Helena H S	3 of 3
6	Bozeman High School 09–12 · 15 AP courses	Bozeman H S	3 of 3
7	Helena High School 09–12 · 13 AP courses	Helena H S	3 of 3
8	Skyview High School 09–12 · 11 AP courses	Billings H S	3 of 3
9	Columbia Falls High Schl 09–12 · 8 AP courses	Columbia Falls H S	3 of 3
10	Great Falls High School 09–12 · 7 AP courses	Great Falls H S	3 of 3
11	C M Russell High School 09–12 · 7 AP courses	Great Falls H S	3 of 3
12	Laurel High School 09–12 · 7 AP courses	Laurel H S	3 of 3
13	Polson High School 09–12 · 6 AP courses	Polson H S	3 of 3
14	Libby High School 09–12 · 4 AP courses	Libby K-12 Schools	3 of 3
15	Beaverhead Co High School 09–12 · 3 AP courses	Beaverhead County H S	3 of 3
16	Lockwood High School 09–12 · 2 AP courses	Lockwood K-12	3 of 3
17	Havre High School 09–12 · 2 AP courses	Havre H S	3 of 3
18	Broadwater High School 09–12 · 2 AP courses	Townsend K-12 Schools	3 of 3
19	Glacier High School 09–12 · 17 AP courses	Flathead H S	2 of 3
20	Fergus High School 09–12 · 11 AP courses	Fergus H S	2 of 3
21	Hellgate High School 09–12 · 9 AP courses	Missoula H S	2 of 3
22	Frenchtown High School 09–12 · 8 AP courses	Frenchtown K-12 Schools	2 of 3
23	Corvallis High School 09–12 · 7 AP courses	Corvallis K-12 Schools	2 of 3
24	Hardin High School 09–12 · 5 AP courses	Hardin H S	2 of 3
25	Red Lodge High School 09–12 · 5 AP courses	Red Lodge H S	2 of 3

Source: CRDC 2021–22. At least two program fields must be known for inclusion.