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All Montana School Districts
161 districts, sorted by rating
| District | City | Rating | Zip Codes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belt High School District | Belt | 10/10 Excellent · 99th pct | 3 |
| Bozeman High School District | Bozeman | 10/10 Excellent · 99th pct | 1 |
| Bozeman School District | Bozeman | 10/10 Excellent · 99th pct | 1 |
| Denton High School District | Coffee Creek | 10/10 Excellent · 99th pct | 2 |
| Harrison K-12 Schools | Harrison | 10/10 Excellent · 99th pct | 3 |
| Highwood K-12 | Highwood | 10/10 Excellent · 99th pct | 1 |
| Lambert High School District | Lambert | 10/10 Excellent · 99th pct | 1 |
| North Star High School District | Gildford | 10/10 Excellent · 99th pct | 4 |
| Opheim K-12 Schools | Glentana | 10/10 Excellent · 99th pct | 3 |
| Rapelje High School District | Molt | 10/10 Excellent · 99th pct | 2 |
| Winifred K-12 Schools | Hilger | 10/10 Excellent · 99th pct | 2 |
| Big Sky School K-12 | Gallatin Gateway | 8/10 Good · 75th pct | 1 |
| Centerville High School District | Great Falls | 8/10 Good · 75th pct | 3 |
| Columbus High School District | Columbus | 8/10 Good · 75th pct | 1 |
| Corvallis K-12 Schools | Corvallis | 8/10 Good · 75th pct | 2 |
| Ennis K-12 Schools | Big Sky | 8/10 Good · 75th pct | 5 |
| Florence-Carlton K-12 Schools | Florence | 8/10 Good · 75th pct | 1 |
| Fort Benton High School District | Carter | 8/10 Good · 75th pct | 3 |
| Helena High School District | Helena | 8/10 Good · 75th pct | 7 |
| Helena School District | Helena | 8/10 Good · 75th pct | 1 |
| Hysham K-12 Schools | Bighorn | 8/10 Good · 75th pct | 3 |
| Lavina K-12 Schools | Lavina | 8/10 Good · 75th pct | 1 |
| Libby K-12 Schools | Libby | 8/10 Good · 75th pct | 1 |
| Lincoln K-12 Schools | Lincoln | 8/10 Good · 75th pct | 1 |
| Philipsburg K-12 Schools | Hall | 8/10 Good · 75th pct | 2 |
| Plains K-12 Schools | Paradise | 8/10 Good · 75th pct | 2 |
| Powder River County High School District | Ashland | 8/10 Good · 75th pct | 7 |
| Red Lodge High School District | Bearcreek | 8/10 Good · 75th pct | 3 |
| Roy K-12 Schools | Roy | 8/10 Good · 75th pct | 1 |
| Scobey K-12 Schools | Flaxville | 8/10 Good · 75th pct | 5 |
| Sunburst K-12 Schools | Kevin | 8/10 Good · 75th pct | 4 |
| Townsend K-12 Schools | Toston | 8/10 Good · 75th pct | 3 |
| Twin Bridges K-12 Schools | Silver Star | 8/10 Good · 75th pct | 2 |
| Whitefish High School District | Olney | 8/10 Good · 75th pct | 2 |
| Baker K-12 Schools | Baker | 5/10 Average · 50th pct | 2 |
| Big Sandy K-12 Schools | Loma | 5/10 Average · 50th pct | 2 |
| Missoula County Public Schools | Missoula | 5/10 Average · 50th pct | 1 |
| Missoula High School District | Missoula | 5/10 Average · 50th pct | 10 |
| Park High School District | Emigrant | 5/10 Average · 50th pct | 3 |
| Anaconda High School District | Anaconda | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 3 |
| Bainville K-12 Schools | Bainville | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 1 |
| Beaverhead County High School District | Dillon | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 6 |
| Bigfork High School District | Bigfork | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 1 |
| Billings High School District | Billings | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 3 |
| Billings Public Schools | Billings | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 1 |
| Bridger K-12 Schools | Bridger | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 1 |
| Choteau High School District | Bynum | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 3 |
| Dawson High School District | Glendive | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 2 |
| Dutton/Brady K-12 Schools | Brady | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 2 |
| Flathead High School District | Kalispell | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 5 |
| Gardiner High School District | Cooke City | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 3 |
| Geraldine K-12 | Geraldine | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 1 |
| Hamilton K-12 Schools | Hamilton | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 1 |
| Havre High School District | Havre | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 1 |
| Lima K-12 Schools | Dell | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 2 |
| Malta K-12 Schools | Loring | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 3 |
| Medicine Lake K-12 Schools | Dagmar | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 4 |
| Nashua K-12 Schools | Nashua | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 1 |
| Park City High School District | Park City | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 1 |
| Plevna K-12 Schools | Plevna | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 1 |
| Shelby High School District | Ethridge | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 4 |
| Shepherd High School District | Shepherd | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 1 |
| Sheridan High School District | Alder | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 2 |
| Sidney High School District | Crane | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 2 |
| St. Regis K-12 Schools | De Borgia | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 4 |
| Stevensville High School District | Stevensville | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 1 |
| Three Forks High School District | Three Forks | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 1 |
| Westby K-12 Schools | Westby | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 1 |
| Whitehall High School District | Cardwell | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 2 |
| Wibaux K-12 Schools | Wibaux | 3/10 Below Average · 25th pct | 1 |
| Absarokee High School District | Absarokee | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 3 |
| Arlee High School District | Arlee | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 1 |
| Belfry K-12 Schools | Belfry | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 1 |
| Broadview High School District | Acton | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 2 |
| Brockton High School District | Brockton | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 1 |
| Browning High School District | Babb | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 3 |
| Charlo High School District | Charlo | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 2 |
| Chester-Joplin-Inverness High School District | Lothair | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 5 |
| Chinook High School District | Chinook | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 3 |
| Circle High School District | Brockway | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 4 |
| Colstrip High School District | Colstrip | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 1 |
| Columbia Falls High School District | Columbia Falls | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 7 |
| Conrad High School District | Conrad | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 1 |
| Custer County High School District | Miles City | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 4 |
| Custer K-12 Schools | Custer | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 1 |
| Cut Bank High School District | Cut Bank | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 1 |
| Darby K-12 Schools | Conner | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 3 |
| Dodson K-12 | Dodson | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 1 |
| Drummond High School District | Clinton | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 2 |
| Fergus High School District | Lewistown | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 1 |
| Forsyth High School District | Ingomar | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 3 |
| Fromberg K-12 | Edgar | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 2 |
| Glasgow K-12 Schools | Glasgow | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 2 |
| Hardin High School District | Crow Agency | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 7 |
| Harlem High School District | Harlem | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 1 |
| Harlowton K-12 Schools | Harlowton | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 3 |
| Hays-Lodge Pole K-12 Schools | Hays | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 1 |
| Heart Butte K-12 Schools | Heart Butte | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 1 |
| Hot Springs K-12 | Hot Springs | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 2 |
| Huntley Project K-12 Schools | Ballantine | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 3 |
| Jefferson High School District | Basin | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 5 |
| Joliet High School District | Boyd | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 2 |
| Lame Deer High School District | Birney | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 3 |
| Laurel High School District | Laurel | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 1 |
| Lincoln County High School District | Eureka | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 5 |
| Melstone High School District | Melstone | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 1 |
| Noxon High School District | Heron | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 3 |
| Plenty Coups High School District | Pryor | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 1 |
| Polson High School District | Polson | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 6 |
| Poplar High School District | Poplar | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 1 |
| Powell County High School District | Avon | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 7 |
| Power High School District | Power | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 1 |
| Roberts K-12 Schools | Roberts | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 1 |
| Rocky Boy High School District | Box Elder | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 1 |
| Ronan High School District | Pablo | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 2 |
| Roundup High School District | Musselshell | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 2 |
| Ryegate K-12 Schools | Ryegate | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 1 |
| Shields Valley High School District | Clyde Park | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 2 |
| Simms High School District | Fort Shaw | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 4 |
| St. Ignatius K-12 Schools | Ravalli | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 2 |
| Stanford K-12 Schools | Stanford | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 1 |
| Superior K-12 Schools | Superior | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 1 |
| Sweet Grass County High School District | Big Timber | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 6 |
| Thompson Falls High School District | Thompson Falls | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 1 |
| Troy High School District | Troy | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 1 |
| Victor K-12 Schools | Victor | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 1 |
| West Yellowstone K-12 | West Yellowstone | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 1 |
| White Sulphur Springs K-12 | Martinsdale | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 3 |
| Wolf Point High School District | Wolf Point | 1/10 Poor · 1th pct | 1 |
| Alberton K-12 Schools | Alberton | Not rated | 1 |
| Augusta High School District | Augusta | Not rated | 1 |
| Belgrade High School District | Belgrade | Not rated | 1 |
| Butte High School District | Butte | Not rated | 4 |
| Carter County High School District | Alzada | Not rated | 4 |
| Cascade High School District | Cascade | Not rated | 2 |
| Fairfield High School District | Fairfield | Not rated | 1 |
| Fairview High School District | Culbertson | Not rated | 2 |
| Frazer High School District | Frazer | Not rated | 1 |
| Frenchtown K-12 Schools | Frenchtown | Not rated | 2 |
| Froid High School District | Froid | Not rated | 1 |
| Garfield County High School District | Mosby | Not rated | 6 |
| Geyser K-12 Schools | Geyser | Not rated | 2 |
| Grass Range High School District | Grass Range | Not rated | 2 |
| Great Falls High School District | Great Falls | Not rated | 3 |
| Hinsdale High School District | Hinsdale | Not rated | 2 |
| Hobson K-12 Schools | Buffalo | Not rated | 3 |
| Judith Gap High School District | Judith Gap | Not rated | 1 |
| Lodge Grass High School District | Lodge Grass | Not rated | 2 |
| Manhattan High School District | Manhattan | Not rated | 1 |
| Moore High School District | Moore | Not rated | 1 |
| Plentywood K-12 Schools | Antelope | Not rated | 5 |
| Richey High School District | Richey | Not rated | 2 |
| Rosebud K-12 | Hathaway | Not rated | 2 |
| Saco High School District | Saco | Not rated | 1 |
| Savage High School District | Savage | Not rated | 1 |
| Terry K-12 Schools | Fallon | Not rated | 2 |
| Turner High School District | Hogeland | Not rated | 2 |
| Valier High School District | Dupuyer | Not rated | 2 |
| Whitewater K-12 Schools | Whitewater | Not rated | 1 |
| Willow Creek High School District | Willow Creek | Not rated | 1 |
| Winnett K-12 Schools | Winnett | Not rated | 1 |
School Districts in Montana
Montana is home to 161 public school districts serving approximately 95,142 students across 369+ zip codes. The average district rating statewide is 4/10, based on state reading and math assessment proficiency (NCES EDFacts, 2017–18 — the most recent district-level federal collection we have processed), ranked against other districts in the same state. Directory data (enrollment, schools, contacts) is NCES CCD 2024–25.
Top-rated districts in Montana include Belt High School District, Bozeman High School District, Bozeman School District, and 2 more top-rated districts. Use the table above to sort and compare all districts, or click any district name to view its full profile including assigned schools, enrollment, and spending data.
Finding Your District in Montana
School district boundaries in Montana are determined by your residential address, not just your city or zip code. In some areas, a single zip code spans multiple districts, or a district may serve students across several zip codes. The most reliable way to confirm your district is to enter your exact zip code in the search tool above.
Why School Districts Matter for Homebuyers
In Montana, as across the country, school district quality is one of the top three factors homebuyers cite when choosing a neighborhood. Homes in higher-rated districts often command a premium of 5–25% compared to similar homes in adjacent districts. Whether you're buying, renting, or planning a move, understanding which school district serves your address is an essential first step.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many school districts are in Montana? ▼
Montana has 161 public school districts covering 369+ zip codes and serving an estimated 95,142 students. The statewide average district rating is 4/10 based on state assessment data.
How do I find my school district in Montana? ▼
Enter your 5-digit zip code in the search box above to instantly find your Montana school district, including ratings, enrollment, and assigned elementary, middle, and high schools.
What is the best school district in Montana? ▼
The table above is sorted by rating (highest first). Districts rated 9–10/10 are top-tier based on state reading and math proficiency. Click any district name to view its full profile.
Can I search by address instead of zip code? ▼
Yes — on any district page, enter a full street address in the search box and it will resolve to the correct zip code automatically.