Best Elementary Schools in Montana (2025-26)
Every ranked elementary school in Montana, ordered by SchoolGrade. A grade rewards actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by school, city or district.
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Montana elementary schools ranked
| Rank | Grade | School | City | District | Actual | Projected | Impact | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | A+ | Morning Star School | Bozeman | Bozeman Elem | 78% | 63% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 424 |
| #2 | A+ | Bo Peep School | Circle | Circle Elem | 75% | 43% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 58 |
| #3 | A+ | Geraldine Elementary | Geraldine | Geraldine K-12 | 75% | 42% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 34 |
| #4 | A+ | Highwood School | Highwood | Highwood K-12 | 75% | 45% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 56 |
| #5 | A+ | Moore School | Moore | Moore Elem | 75% | 38% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 34 |
| #6 | A+ | Trinity School | Canyon Creek | Trinity Elem | 75% | 47% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 38 |
| #7 | A+ | Anderson School | Bozeman | Anderson Elem | 73% | 67% | Exceeds Expectations | 163 |
| #8 | A+ | Jefferson School | Helena | Helena Elem | 73% | 52% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 253 |
| #9 | A+ | Longfellow School | Bozeman | Bozeman Elem | 73% | 58% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 298 |
| #10 | A+ | Rattlesnake Elementary School | Missoula | Missoula Elem | 71% | 51% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 445 |
| #11 | A+ | Hawthorne School | Bozeman | Bozeman Elem | 70% | 63% | Exceeds Expectations | 348 |
| #12 | A+ | Lustre School | Frazer | Lustre Elem | 70% | 46% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 49 |
| #13 | A+ | Meadow Lark School | Great Falls | Great Falls Elem | 70% | 58% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 555 |
| #14 | A+ | Greenfield School | Fairfield | Greenfield Elem | 68% | 38% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 51 |
| #15 | A+ | Redwater School | Circle | Circle Elem | 60% | 41% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 33 |
| #16 | A | Monforton School | Bozeman | Monforton Elem | 66% | 56% | Exceeds Expectations | 222 |
| #17 | A | Amsterdam School | Manhattan | Amsterdam Elem | 65% | 50% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 165 |
| #18 | A | Deer Park School | Columbia Falls | Deer Park Elem | 65% | 41% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 136 |
| #19 | A | Emily Dickinson School | Bozeman | Bozeman Elem | 65% | 55% | Exceeds Expectations | 519 |
| #20 | A | Fort Benton School | Fort Benton | Fort Benton Elem | 65% | 40% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 195 |
| #21 | A | Jeannette Rankin El | Missoula | Missoula Elem | 65% | 53% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 461 |
| #22 | A | Power School | Power | Power Elem | 65% | 36% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 65 |
| #23 | A | Ridge View Elementary | Belgrade | Belgrade Elem | 65% | 41% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 461 |
| #24 | A | Ulm School | Ulm | Ulm Elem | 65% | 36% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 87 |
| #25 | A | Edgerton School | Kalispell | Kalispell Elem | 64% | 36% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 495 |
| #26 | A | Meadowlark Elementary | Bozeman | Bozeman Elem | 64% | 55% | Exceeds Expectations | 495 |
| #27 | A | Belt School | Belt | Belt Elem | 63% | 44% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 197 |
| #28 | A | Fairfield Elementary School | Fairfield | Fairfield Elem | 63% | 43% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 172 |
| #29 | A | Gallatin Gateway School | Gallatin Gateway | Gallatin Gateway Elem | 63% | 46% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 111 |
| #30 | A | L A Muldown School | Whitefish | Whitefish Elem | 62% | 54% | Exceeds Expectations | 653 |
| #31 | A | Riverview School | Great Falls | Great Falls Elem | 62% | 53% | Exceeds Expectations | 427 |
| #32 | A | Meadowlark School | Billings | Billings Elem | 61% | 54% | Exceeds Expectations | 562 |
| #33 | A | Arrowhead School | Billings | Billings Elem | 60% | 61% | Meets Expectations | 433 |
| #34 | A | Chester Joplin Inverness Schl | Chester | Chester-Joplin-Inverness El | 60% | 39% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 142 |
| #35 | A | Creston School | Kalispell | Creston Elem | 60% | 46% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 121 |
| #36 | A | Gardiner School | Gardiner | Gardiner Elem | 60% | 45% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 64 |
| #37 | A | Lamotte School | Bozeman | LaMotte Elem | 60% | 55% | Meets Expectations | 33 |
| #38 | A | West Glacier School | West Glacier | West Glacier Elem | 60% | 44% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 77 |
| #39 | A | Forsyth Elementary School | Forsyth | Forsyth Elem | 58% | 39% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 149 |
| #40 | A | Montana City School | Clancy | Montana City Elem | 58% | 54% | Meets Expectations | 292 |
| #41 | A | Paxson School | Missoula | Missoula Elem | 58% | 43% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 463 |
| #42 | A | Richey School | Richey | Richey Elem | 58% | 45% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 42 |
| #43 | A | West Valley School | Kalispell | West Valley Elem | 58% | 42% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 424 |
| #44 | A | Lewis And Clark School | Lewistown | Lewistown Elem | 53% | 41% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 210 |
| #45 | A- | East Fairview Elementary School | Fairview | Yellowstone 14 | 57% | 42% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 62 |
| #46 | A- | Augusta Elementary School | Augusta | Augusta Elem | 55% | 42% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 71 |
| #47 | A- | Cascade School | Cascade | Cascade Elem | 55% | 37% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 146 |
| #48 | A- | Charlo Elementary | Charlo | Charlo Elem | 55% | 26% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 99 |
| #49 | A- | Clancy School | Clancy | Clancy Elem | 55% | 43% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 304 |
| #50 | A- | Drummond School | Drummond | Drummond Elem | 55% | 27% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 92 |
| #51 | A- | Hawthorne School | Missoula | Missoula Elem | 55% | 36% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 387 |
| #52 | A- | Lewis And Clark School | Missoula | Missoula Elem | 55% | 51% | Meets Expectations | 440 |
| #53 | A- | Lone Rock School | Stevensville | Lone Rock Elem | 55% | 37% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 189 |
| #54 | A- | Russell School | Kalispell | Kalispell Elem | 55% | 29% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 233 |
| #55 | A- | Twin Bridges School | Twin Bridges | Twin Bridges K-12 Schools | 55% | 37% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 87 |
| #56 | A- | Boulder School | Billings | Billings Elem | 53% | 62% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 507 |
| #57 | A- | Central Heights School | Billings | Billings Elem | 53% | 35% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 291 |
| #58 | A- | Elysian School | Billings | Elysian Elem | 53% | 47% | Exceeds Expectations | 307 |
| #59 | A- | Ennis School | Ennis | Ennis K-12 Schools | 53% | 43% | Exceeds Expectations | 229 |
| #60 | A- | Manhattan Elem | Manhattan | Manhattan School | 53% | 44% | Exceeds Expectations | 238 |
| #61 | A- | Parkview School | Dillon | Dillon Elem | 53% | 43% | Exceeds Expectations | 523 |
| #62 | A- | Quentin Brown Primary K 4 | Corvallis | Corvallis K-12 Schools | 53% | 37% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 457 |
| #63 | A- | Target Range School | Missoula | Target Range Elem | 53% | 41% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 437 |
| #64 | A- | Hillcrest School | Butte | Butte Elem | 52% | 44% | Exceeds Expectations | 423 |
| #65 | B+ | Hellgate El Intermediate | Missoula | Hellgate Elem | 49% | 44% | Exceeds Expectations | 520 |
| #66 | B | Chief Charlo School | Missoula | Missoula Elem | 50% | 41% | Exceeds Expectations | 429 |
| #67 | B | Chief Joseph School | Great Falls | Great Falls Elem | 50% | 39% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 268 |
| #68 | B | Ekalaka Elementary School | Ekalaka | Ekalaka Elem | 50% | 42% | Exceeds Expectations | 62 |
| #69 | B | Fair Mont Egan School | Kalispell | Fair-Mont-Egan Elem | 50% | 31% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 87 |
| #70 | B | Fort Shaw Elem School | Fort Shaw | Sun River Valley Elem | 50% | 34% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 105 |
| #71 | B | Frenchtown Elementary School | Frenchtown | Frenchtown K-12 Schools | 50% | 37% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 442 |
| #72 | B | Hellgate Elem Lower Grades | Missoula | Hellgate Elem | 50% | 39% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 338 |
| #73 | B | Hyalite Elementary | Bozeman | Bozeman Elem | 50% | 39% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 512 |
| #74 | B | Irving School | Bozeman | Bozeman Elem | 50% | 35% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 184 |
| #75 | B | Jordan Elementary School | Jordan | Jordan Elem | 50% | 46% | Meets Expectations | 79 |
| #76 | B | Kircher School | Miles City | Kircher Elem | 50% | 48% | Meets Expectations | 65 |
| #77 | B | Lakeside Elementary School | Lakeside | Somers Elem | 50% | 41% | Exceeds Expectations | 302 |
| #78 | B | Lillian Peterson School | Kalispell | Kalispell Elem | 50% | 31% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 337 |
| #79 | B | Loy School | Great Falls | Great Falls Elem | 50% | 46% | Meets Expectations | 389 |
| #80 | B | Malta K 5 | Malta | Malta K-12 Schools | 50% | 32% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 255 |
| #81 | B | Melville School | Melville | Melville Elem | 50% | 49% | Meets Expectations | 32 |
| #82 | B | Reed Point Elementary | Reed Point | Reed Point Elem | 50% | 36% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 32 |
| #83 | B | Winifred School | Winifred | Winifred K-12 Schools | 50% | 44% | Exceeds Expectations | 83 |
| #84 | B | Sacajawea School | Great Falls | Great Falls Elem | 49% | 52% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 407 |
| #85 | B | Choteau School | Choteau | Choteau Elem | 48% | 36% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 200 |
| #86 | B | Columbus Elem School | Columbus | Columbus Elem | 48% | 45% | Meets Expectations | 304 |
| #87 | B | Highland School | Billings | Billings Elem | 48% | 42% | Exceeds Expectations | 269 |
| #88 | B | Ophir Elementary School | Gallatin Gateway | Big Sky School K-12 | 48% | 48% | Meets Expectations | 216 |
| #89 | B | Whitehall Elementary | Whitehall | Whitehall Elem | 48% | 35% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 202 |
| #90 | B | Eagle Cliffs Elementary | Billings | Billings Elem | 47% | 46% | Meets Expectations | 416 |
| #91 | B | Libby Elementary School | Libby | Libby K-12 Schools | 47% | 34% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 625 |
| #92 | B | Ruder Elementary | Columbia Falls | Columbia Falls Elem | 46% | 30% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 563 |
| #93 | B | Utterback 4 6 | Conrad | Conrad Elem | 43% | 41% | Meets Expectations | 119 |
| #94 | B- | Alkali Creek School | Billings | Billings Elem | 45% | 50% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 336 |
| #95 | B- | Broadview School | Broadview | Broadview Elem | 45% | 31% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 98 |
| #96 | B- | Cayuse Prairie School | Kalispell | Cayuse Prairie Elem | 45% | 45% | Meets Expectations | 242 |
| #97 | B- | Central Elementary | Sidney | Sidney Elem | 45% | 44% | Meets Expectations | 251 |
| #98 | B- | Cornelius Hedges School | Kalispell | Kalispell Elem | 45% | 30% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 319 |
| #99 | B- | Elder Grove School | Billings | Elder Grove Elem | 45% | 42% | Meets Expectations | 458 |
| #100 | B- | Hawthorne School | Helena | Helena Elem | 45% | 49% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 202 |
| #101 | B- | Kinsey School | Kinsey | Kinsey Elem | 45% | 47% | Meets Expectations | 61 |
| #102 | B- | Mountain View School | Red Lodge | Red Lodge Elem | 45% | 40% | Exceeds Expectations | 205 |
| #103 | B- | Plentywood School | Plentywood | Plentywood K-12 Schools | 45% | 43% | Meets Expectations | 207 |
| #104 | B- | Plevna School | Plevna | Plevna K-12 Schools | 45% | 44% | Meets Expectations | 56 |
| #105 | B- | Poly Drive School | Billings | Billings Elem | 45% | 45% | Meets Expectations | 305 |
| #106 | B- | Russell School | Missoula | Missoula Elem | 45% | 32% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 367 |
| #107 | B- | Saddle Peak Elementary | Belgrade | Belgrade Elem | 45% | 34% | Exceeds Expectations | 458 |
| #108 | B- | Scobey School | Scobey | Scobey K-12 Schools | 45% | 46% | Meets Expectations | 159 |
| #109 | B- | Sheridan Elementary Schl | Sheridan | Sheridan Elem | 45% | 32% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 132 |
| #110 | B- | Smith School | Helena | Helena Elem | 45% | 36% | Exceeds Expectations | 290 |
| #111 | B- | Sunburst Elementary | Sunburst | Sunburst K-12 Schools | 45% | 36% | Exceeds Expectations | 68 |
| #112 | B- | Warren School | Helena | Helena Elem | 45% | 33% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 304 |
| #113 | B- | Whittier School | Bozeman | Bozeman Elem | 45% | 36% | Exceeds Expectations | 249 |
| #114 | B- | Wibaux Elementary School | Wibaux | Wibaux K-12 Schools | 45% | 46% | Meets Expectations | 92 |
| #115 | B- | Radley Elementary School | East Helena | East Helena K-12 | 44% | 39% | Exceeds Expectations | 440 |
| #116 | B- | Whittier School | Butte | Butte Elem | 44% | 33% | Exceeds Expectations | 425 |
| #117 | B- | Canyon Creek School | Billings | Canyon Creek Elem | 43% | 34% | Exceeds Expectations | 188 |
| #118 | B- | Four Georgians School | Helena | Helena Elem | 43% | 48% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 455 |
| #119 | B- | Highland Park School | Lewistown | Lewistown Elem | 43% | 38% | Meets Expectations | 304 |
| #120 | B- | Lincoln Mckinley School | Havre | Havre Elem | 43% | 36% | Exceeds Expectations | 301 |
| #121 | B- | Lincoln School | Great Falls | Great Falls Elem | 43% | 40% | Meets Expectations | 360 |
| #122 | B- | Plains Elementary School | Plains | Plains K-12 | 43% | 28% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 247 |
| #123 | B- | Sandstone School | Billings | Billings Elem | 43% | 37% | Exceeds Expectations | 416 |
| #124 | B- | Three Forks Elem School | Three Forks | Three Forks Elem | 43% | 40% | Meets Expectations | 337 |
| #125 | B- | W F Morrison School | Troy | Troy Elem | 43% | 24% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 219 |
| #126 | B- | Bigfork Elementary | Bigfork | Bigfork Elem | 42% | 51% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 461 |
| #127 | B- | Huntley Project Elem K 6 | Worden | Huntley Project K-12 Schools | 42% | 34% | Exceeds Expectations | 419 |
| #128 | B- | Sunnyside School | Great Falls | Great Falls Elem | 42% | 32% | Exceeds Expectations | 423 |
| #129 | B- | Fred W Graff School | Laurel | Laurel Elem | 41% | 41% | Meets Expectations | 278 |
| #130 | B- | Potomac School | Bonner | Potomac Elem | 41% | 31% | Exceeds Expectations | 91 |
| #131 | B- | Rapelje School | Rapelje | Rapelje Elem | 41% | 42% | Meets Expectations | 36 |
| #132 | C+ | Beartooth School | Billings | Billings Elem | 40% | 38% | Meets Expectations | 352 |
| #133 | C+ | Big Sky Elementary | Billings | Billings Elem | 40% | 35% | Exceeds Expectations | 328 |
| #134 | C+ | Bissell School | Whitefish | Olney-Bissell Elem | 40% | 33% | Exceeds Expectations | 89 |
| #135 | C+ | Blue Creek School | Billings | Blue Creek Elem | 40% | 40% | Meets Expectations | 181 |
| #136 | C+ | Boulder Elementary School | Boulder | Boulder Elem | 40% | 31% | Exceeds Expectations | 172 |
| #137 | C+ | Cecelia Hazelton School | Townsend | Townsend K-12 Schools | 40% | 36% | Meets Expectations | 399 |
| #138 | C+ | Clinton School | Clinton | Clinton Elem | 40% | 35% | Exceeds Expectations | 184 |
| #139 | C+ | Duttonbrady Elementary | Dutton | Dutton/Brady K-12 Schools | 40% | 30% | Exceeds Expectations | 47 |
| #140 | C+ | Eureka Elementary School | Eureka | Eureka Elem | 40% | 29% | Exceeds Expectations | 261 |
| #141 | C+ | Golden Ridge School | Fairfield | Golden Ridge Elem | 40% | 40% | Meets Expectations | 44 |
| #142 | C+ | Hobson School | Hobson | Hobson K-12 Schools | 40% | 33% | Exceeds Expectations | 67 |
| #143 | C+ | Independent School | Billings | Independent Elem | 40% | 39% | Meets Expectations | 297 |
| #144 | C+ | Jeannette Rankin Elementary Sc | Kalispell | Kalispell Elem | 40% | 32% | Exceeds Expectations | 435 |
| #145 | C+ | Joliet School | Joliet | Joliet Elem | 40% | 40% | Meets Expectations | 175 |
| #146 | C+ | Lincoln Elementary School | Lincoln | Lincoln K-12 Schools | 40% | 28% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 82 |
| #147 | C+ | Longfellow School | Baker | Baker K-12 Schools | 40% | 45% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 158 |
| #148 | C+ | Margaret Leary School | Butte | Butte Elem | 40% | 31% | Exceeds Expectations | 347 |
| #149 | C+ | Mckinley School | Billings | Billings Elem | 40% | 29% | Exceeds Expectations | 285 |
| #150 | C+ | Medicine Lake School | Medicine Lake | Medicine Lake K-12 Schools | 40% | 39% | Meets Expectations | 48 |
| #151 | C+ | Rau School | Sidney | Rau Elem | 40% | 34% | Exceeds Expectations | 69 |
| #152 | C+ | Roundup Elementary | Roundup | Roundup Elem | 40% | 31% | Exceeds Expectations | 317 |
| #153 | C+ | Saco School | Saco | Saco Elem | 40% | 31% | Exceeds Expectations | 31 |
| #154 | C+ | Savage School | Savage | Savage Elem | 40% | 36% | Meets Expectations | 76 |
| #155 | C+ | Shelby Elementary School | Shelby | Shelby Elem | 40% | 29% | Exceeds Expectations | 281 |
| #156 | C+ | Shepherd Elementary | Shepherd | Shepherd Elem | 40% | 39% | Meets Expectations | 366 |
| #157 | C+ | Stanford School | Stanford | Stanford K-12 Schools | 40% | 39% | Meets Expectations | 53 |
| #158 | C+ | Thompson Falls Elem Schl | Thompson Falls | Thompson Falls Elem | 40% | 27% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 247 |
| #159 | C+ | Trout Creek School | Trout Creek | Trout Creek Elem | 40% | 28% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 51 |
| #160 | C+ | West Yellowstone School | West Yellowstone | West Yellowstone K-12 | 40% | 36% | Meets Expectations | 141 |
| #161 | C+ | Edna Thomas School | Corvallis | Corvallis K-12 Schools | 38% | 38% | Meets Expectations | 193 |
| #162 | C | Big Timber School | Big Timber | Big Timber Elem | 38% | 43% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 243 |
| #163 | C | Broadwater School | Helena | Helena Elem | 38% | 30% | Exceeds Expectations | 254 |
| #164 | C | Central School | Helena | Helena Elem | 38% | 32% | Exceeds Expectations | 319 |
| #165 | C | Elrod School | Kalispell | Kalispell Elem | 38% | 25% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 231 |
| #166 | C | Frenchtown Intermediate School | Frenchtown | Frenchtown K-12 Schools | 38% | 37% | Meets Expectations | 196 |
| #167 | C | Kessler Elementary School | Helena | Helena Elem | 38% | 40% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 238 |
| #168 | C | Kila School | Kila | Kila Elem | 38% | 39% | Meets Expectations | 148 |
| #169 | C | Rossiter School | Helena | Helena Elem | 37% | 40% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 391 |
| #170 | C | Florence Carlton El Schl | Florence | Florence-Carlton K-12 Schls | 36% | 45% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 342 |
| #171 | C | Jim Darcy School | Helena | Helena Elem | 36% | 50% | Underperforms Expectations | 470 |
| #172 | C | West Elementary School | Butte | Butte Elem | 36% | 31% | Exceeds Expectations | 473 |
| #173 | C- | Anna Jeffries Elementary | Cut Bank | Cut Bank Elem | 35% | 26% | Exceeds Expectations | 95 |
| #174 | C- | Arrowhead School | Pray | Arrowhead Elem | 35% | 34% | Meets Expectations | 65 |
| #175 | C- | Bainville School | Bainville | Bainville K-12 Schools | 35% | 46% | Underperforms Expectations | 83 |
| #176 | C- | Bitterroot School | Billings | Billings Elem | 35% | 34% | Meets Expectations | 287 |
| #177 | C- | Broadus School | Broadus | Broadus Elem | 35% | 40% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 112 |
| #178 | C- | Broadwater School | Billings | Billings Elem | 35% | 29% | Exceeds Expectations | 320 |
| #179 | C- | Daly School | Hamilton | Hamilton K-12 Schools | 35% | 37% | Meets Expectations | 552 |
| #180 | C- | Desmet School | Missoula | DeSmet Elem | 35% | 24% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 88 |
| #181 | C- | F E Miley School | Big Sandy | Big Sandy K-12 | 35% | 33% | Meets Expectations | 105 |
| #182 | C- | Fairview School | Fairview | Fairview Elem | 35% | 34% | Meets Expectations | 146 |
| #183 | C- | Helena Flats School | Kalispell | Helena Flats Elem | 35% | 32% | Meets Expectations | 229 |
| #184 | C- | Irle Elementary School | Glasgow | Glasgow K-12 Schools | 35% | 37% | Meets Expectations | 358 |
| #185 | C- | Lewis And Clark School | Great Falls | Great Falls Elem | 35% | 38% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 349 |
| #186 | C- | Lincoln School | Miles City | Miles City Elem | 35% | 42% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 154 |
| #187 | C- | Lolo Elementary | Lolo | Lolo Elem | 35% | 37% | Meets Expectations | 290 |
| #188 | C- | O D Speer School | Deer Lodge | Deer Lodge Elem | 35% | 35% | Meets Expectations | 336 |
| #189 | C- | Philipsburg School | Philipsburg | Philipsburg K-12 Schools | 35% | 26% | Exceeds Expectations | 94 |
| #190 | C- | Ramsay School | Ramsay | 35% | 39% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 123 | |
| #191 | C- | Shields Valley Elementary | Wilsall | Shields Valley Elem | 35% | 38% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 103 |
| #192 | C- | St Regis School | St Regis | St Regis K-12 Schools | 35% | 34% | Meets Expectations | 100 |
| #193 | C- | Terry School | Terry | Terry K-12 Schools | 35% | 33% | Meets Expectations | 80 |
| #194 | C- | Valley View School | Great Falls | Great Falls Elem | 35% | 36% | Meets Expectations | 296 |
| #195 | C- | Bench School | Billings | Billings Elem | 33% | 26% | Exceeds Expectations | 339 |
| #196 | C- | Fred Moodry Intermediate | Anaconda | Anaconda Elem | 33% | 28% | Exceeds Expectations | 284 |
| #197 | C- | Giant Springs Elementary | Great Falls | Great Falls Elem | 33% | 34% | Meets Expectations | 432 |
| #198 | C- | Linderman School | Polson | Polson Elem | 33% | 28% | Meets Expectations | 376 |
| #199 | C- | Park City School | Park City | Park City Elem | 33% | 34% | Meets Expectations | 174 |
| #200 | C- | Seeley Lake Elementary | Seeley Lake | Seeley Lake Elem | 33% | 24% | Exceeds Expectations | 145 |
| #201 | C- | Stevensville K 6 | Stevensville | Stevensville Elem | 33% | 36% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 505 |
| #202 | C- | Sunnyside School | Havre | Havre Elem | 33% | 33% | Meets Expectations | 259 |
| #203 | C- | Lincoln School | Glendive | Glendive Elem | 32% | 37% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 243 |
| #204 | C- | Custer School | Custer | Custer K-12 Schools | 31% | 42% | Underperforms Expectations | 55 |
| #205 | C- | Froid Elementary School | Froid | Froid Elem | 31% | 33% | Meets Expectations | 35 |
| #206 | C- | Glacier Gateway Elem | Columbia Falls | Columbia Falls Elem | 31% | 35% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 473 |
| #207 | C- | Grass Range School | Grass Range | Grass Range Elem | 31% | 36% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 46 |
| #208 | C- | Hysham School | Hysham | Hysham K-12 Schools | 31% | 41% | Underperforms Expectations | 52 |
| #209 | C- | Lavina Elementary | Lavina | Lavina K-12 Schools | 31% | 29% | Meets Expectations | 38 |
| #210 | C- | Pioneer School | Billings | Pioneer Elem | 31% | 35% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 72 |
| #211 | C- | Vida School | Vida | Vida Elem | 31% | 38% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 46 |
| #212 | C- | Winnett School | Winnett | Winnett K-12 Schools | 31% | 30% | Meets Expectations | 36 |
| #213 | D+ | Absarokee School | Absarokee | 30% | 45% | Underperforms Expectations | 64 | |
| #214 | D+ | Bridger Elementary School | Bridger | Bridger K-12 Schools | 30% | 26% | Meets Expectations | 118 |
| #215 | D+ | Centerville School | Sand Coulee | Centerville Elem | 30% | 34% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 116 |
| #216 | D+ | East Evergreen School | Kalispell | Evergreen Elem | 30% | 32% | Meets Expectations | 360 |
| #217 | D+ | Franklin School | Missoula | Missoula Elem | 30% | 25% | Exceeds Expectations | 289 |
| #218 | D+ | H C Davis Elementary | Cut Bank | Cut Bank Elem | 30% | 27% | Meets Expectations | 225 |
| #219 | D+ | Hillcrest School | Harlowton | Harlowton K-12 | 30% | 31% | Meets Expectations | 156 |
| #220 | D+ | Lowell School | Missoula | Missoula Elem | 30% | 29% | Meets Expectations | 285 |
| #221 | D+ | Meadowlark School | Conrad | Conrad Elem | 30% | 38% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 154 |
| #222 | D+ | North Star School | Gildford | North Star Elem | 30% | 38% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 114 |
| #223 | D+ | Vaughn School | Vaughn | Vaughn Elem | 30% | 19% | Exceeds Expectations | 125 |
| #224 | D+ | Burlington School | Billings | Billings Elem | 28% | 34% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 277 |
| #225 | D+ | Darby School | Darby | Darby K-12 Schools | 28% | 29% | Meets Expectations | 169 |
| #226 | D+ | K William Harvey Elem | Ronan | Ronan Elem | 28% | 20% | Exceeds Expectations | 425 |
| #227 | D+ | Kennedy School | Butte | Butte Elem | 28% | 23% | Meets Expectations | 246 |
| #228 | D+ | Lockwood Intermediate | Lockwood | Lockwood K-12 | 28% | 32% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 365 |
| #229 | D+ | Miles Avenue School | Billings | Billings Elem | 28% | 31% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 252 |
| #230 | D+ | Mountain View School | Great Falls | Great Falls Elem | 28% | 32% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 433 |
| #231 | D+ | Pine Butte Elementary Sch | Colstrip | Colstrip Elem | 28% | 37% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 234 |
| #232 | D+ | Superior Elementary | Superior | Superior K-12 Schools | 28% | 27% | Meets Expectations | 170 |
| #233 | D+ | Swan River School | Bigfork | Swan River Elem | 28% | 26% | Meets Expectations | 112 |
| #234 | D+ | East Side School | Livingston | Livingston Elem | 27% | 37% | Underperforms Expectations | 247 |
| #235 | D | Cardwell School | Cardwell | Cardwell Elem | 25% | 30% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 40 |
| #236 | D | Emerson School | Butte | Butte Elem | 25% | 28% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 392 |
| #237 | D | Fortine School | Fortine | Fortine Elem | 25% | 26% | Meets Expectations | 58 |
| #238 | D | Liberty Elementary School | Galata | Liberty Elem | 25% | 44% | Underperforms Expectations | 31 |
| #239 | D | Rose Park School | Billings | Billings Elem | 25% | 38% | Underperforms Expectations | 253 |
| #240 | D | Rosebud School | Rosebud | Rosebud K-12 | 25% | 41% | Underperforms Expectations | 32 |
| #241 | D | Valier School | Valier | Valier Elem | 25% | 32% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 78 |
| #242 | D | Willow Creek School | Willow Creek | Willow Creek Elem | 25% | 43% | Underperforms Expectations | 35 |
| #243 | D | Woodman School | Lolo | Woodman Elem | 25% | 45% | Underperforms Expectations | 47 |
| #244 | D | West Elementary | Great Falls | Great Falls Elem | 23% | 32% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 463 |
| #245 | D- | Arlee Elementary | Arlee | Arlee Elem | 23% | 16% | Exceeds Expectations | 206 |
| #246 | D- | Bonner School | Bonner | Bonner Elem | 23% | 29% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 234 |
| #247 | D- | Culbertson School | Culbertson | Culbertson Elem | 23% | 35% | Underperforms Expectations | 128 |
| #248 | D- | Garfield School | Miles City | Miles City Elem | 23% | 32% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 229 |
| #249 | D- | Harlem Elementary School | Harlem | Harlem Elem | 23% | 12% | Exceeds Expectations | 367 |
| #250 | D- | Marion School | Marion | Marion Elem | 23% | 33% | Underperforms Expectations | 128 |
| #251 | D- | Meadowlark School | Chinook | Chinook Elem | 23% | 42% | Underperforms Expectations | 167 |
| #252 | D- | Newman School | Billings | Billings Elem | 23% | 20% | Meets Expectations | 215 |
| #253 | D- | Smith Valley Primary Schl | Kalispell | Smith Valley Elem | 23% | 32% | Underperforms Expectations | 168 |
| #254 | D- | White Sulphur Springs El | White Sulphur Springs | White Sulphur Spgs K-12 | 23% | 31% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 91 |
| #255 | D- | Harrison School | Harrison | Harrison K-12 Schools | 21% | 34% | Underperforms Expectations | 52 |
| #256 | D- | Melstone School | Melstone | Melstone Elem | 21% | 33% | Underperforms Expectations | 35 |
| #257 | D- | Miami School | Conrad | Miami Elem | 21% | 35% | Underperforms Expectations | 34 |
| #258 | D- | Bryant School | Helena | Helena Elem | 20% | 22% | Meets Expectations | 291 |
| #259 | D- | Dayton School | Dayton | Upper West Shore Elem | 20% | 30% | Underperforms Expectations | 43 |
| #260 | D- | Roberts School | Roberts | Roberts K-12 Schools | 20% | 30% | Underperforms Expectations | 61 |
| #261 | D- | Arrow Creek Elem School | Pryor | Pryor Elem | 18% | 18% | Meets Expectations | 47 |
| #262 | D- | Hardin Intermediate | Hardin | Hardin Elem | 17% | 20% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 258 |
| #263 | D- | Belfry School | Belfry | Belfry K-12 Schools | 16% | 33% | Underperforms Expectations | 36 |
| #264 | D- | Dixon Elementary | Dixon | Dixon Elem | 16% | 24% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 46 |
| #265 | D- | Fromberg School | Fromberg | Fromberg K-12 | 16% | 28% | Underperforms Expectations | 53 |
| #266 | D- | Frontier School | Wolf Point | Frontier Elem | 16% | 18% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 104 |
| #267 | D- | Hinsdale School | Hinsdale | Hinsdale Elem | 16% | 30% | Underperforms Expectations | 30 |
| #268 | D- | Nashua School | Nashua | Nashua K-12 Schools | 16% | 32% | Underperforms Expectations | 51 |
| #269 | D- | Orchard School | Billings | Billings Elem | 15% | 19% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 300 |
| #270 | D- | Pablo Elementary | Pablo | Ronan Elem | 15% | 16% | Meets Expectations | 234 |
| #271 | D- | St Ignatius Elementary School | St Ignatius | St Ignatius K-12 Schools | 15% | 17% | Meets Expectations | 229 |
| #272 | D- | Ponderosa School | Billings | Billings Elem | 13% | 19% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 274 |
| #273 | D- | Northside School | Wolf Point | Wolf Point Elem | 11% | 14% | Meets Expectations | 151 |
| #274 | F | East Glacier Park School | E Glacier Park | East Glacier Park Elem | 13% | 17% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 63 |
| #275 | F | Longfellow School | Great Falls | Great Falls Elem | 13% | 19% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 313 |
| #276 | F | Noxon School | Noxon | Noxon Elem | 13% | 26% | Underperforms Expectations | 82 |
| #277 | F | Victor School | Victor | Victor K-12 Schools | 13% | 29% | Underperforms Expectations | 105 |
| #278 | F | Alberton School | Alberton | Alberton K-12 Schools | 11% | 20% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 97 |
| #279 | F | Box Elder School | Box Elder | Box Elder Elem | 11% | 7% | Meets Expectations | 247 |
| #280 | F | Lambert School | Lambert | Lambert Elem | 11% | 36% | Underperforms Expectations | 66 |
| #281 | F | Southside School | Wolf Point | Wolf Point Elem | 11% | 18% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 236 |
| #282 | F | Ashland School | Ashland | Ashland Elem | 10% | 12% | Meets Expectations | 65 |
| #283 | F | Dodson School | Dodson | Dodson K-12 | 10% | 21% | Underperforms Expectations | 45 |
| #284 | F | Fairhaven Colony | Ulm | Ulm Elem | 10% | 50% | Underperforms Expectations | 36 |
| #285 | F | Frazer Elementary | Frazer | Frazer Elem | 10% | 21% | Underperforms Expectations | 48 |
| #286 | F | Lodge Pole School | Hays | Hays-Lodge Pole K-12 Schls | 10% | 10% | Meets Expectations | 125 |
| #287 | F | Poplar School | Poplar | Poplar Elem | 10% | 11% | Meets Expectations | 333 |
| #288 | F | Valley View School | Polson | Valley View Elem | 10% | 33% | Underperforms Expectations | 36 |
| #289 | F | Whittier School | Great Falls | Great Falls Elem | 10% | 19% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 199 |
| #290 | F | Hot Springs School | Hot Springs | Hot Springs K-12 | 8% | 20% | Underperforms Expectations | 98 |
| #291 | F | Rocky Boy School | Box Elder | Rocky Boy Elem | 8% | 9% | Meets Expectations | 416 |
| #292 | F | Poplar 5 6 School | Poplar | Poplar Elem | 6% | 10% | Meets Expectations | 123 |
| #293 | F | Barbara Gilligan School | Brockton | Brockton Elem | 5% | 11% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 79 |
| #294 | F | Heart Butte Elementary | Heart Butte | Heart Butte K-12 Schools | 5% | 9% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 95 |
| #295 | F | Wyola Elementary | Wyola | Wyola Elem | 5% | 13% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 56 |
| #296 | F | Browning Elementary | Browning | Browning Elem | 3% | 9% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 278 |
| #297 | F | Crow Agency School | Crow Agency | Hardin Elem | 3% | 12% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 271 |
| #298 | F | Lame Deer School | Lame Deer | Lame Deer Elem | 3% | 8% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 293 |
| #299 | F | Lodge Grass School | Lodge Grass | Lodge Grass Elem | 3% | 12% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 189 |
| #300 | F | Napi School | Browning | Browning Elem | 3% | 8% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 233 |
How Montana's elementary schools compare
A: 64B: 67C: 81D: 61F: 27
44% of the 300 ranked elementary schools in Montana earn an A or B (64 A grades, 67 B, 81 C, 61 D, 27 F), against 46% of elementary schools nationwide. 213 schools meet or beat the proficiency projected from their student context (71% here, 70% nationally), and 132 exceed it. On average 39% of tested students meet the state bar against a projected 35% (national averages: 46% actual, 37% projected).
The biggest overperformers, by actual proficiency above projection: Moore School (75% against 38%, A+), Geraldine Elementary (75% against 42%, A+), Bo Peep School (75% against 43%, A+), Highwood School (75% against 45%, A+), Greenfield School (68% against 38%, A+).
Districts with the most schools in the top quarter (the top 75): Bozeman Elem (7), Missoula Elem (6), Billings Elem (4), Great Falls Elem (3).
Cities with the most ranked elementary schools: Billings (27, 12 at A or B), Great Falls (14, 7 at A or B), Missoula (13, 10 at A or B), Kalispell (13, 8 at A or B), Bozeman (11, 11 at A or B).
The largest ranked elementary schools: L A Muldown School (653 students, A, #30), Libby Elementary School (625 students, B, #91), Ruder Elementary (563 students, B, #92).
Elementary schools in Montana that are not ranked
137 graded elementary schools are listed here rather than ranked, each for the reason given. Every one has its own page with its full SchoolGrade report.
Very small schools (61)
Schools with fewer than 30 students have grades that swing on a handful of test results.
- A+ Alder School, Alder
- B Avon School, Avon
- D Babb School, Babb
- D Basin School, Basin
- A+ Benton Lake School, Floweree
- D Big Rose Colony School, Shelby
- F Big Sky School, Cut Bank
- B Big Stone School, Sand Coulee
- D Birney School, Birney
- F Bynum School, Bynum
- B Cam Rose School, Shelby
- D Cascade Colony School, Sun River
- A+ Cohagen School, Cohagen
- A+ Cottonwood School, Bozeman
- B Cottonwood School, Havre
- B Deer Creek School, Glendive
- D Deerfield School, Lewistown
- A+ Denton School, Denton
- D Dupuyer School, Dupuyer
- D Elliston School, Elliston
- B Fishtail School, Fishtail
- D Fort Smith School, Fort Smith
- D Garrison School, Garrison
- A+ Geyser School, Geyser
- B Gildford Colony School, Gildford
- D Glacier Elementary School, Cut Bank
- B Glendale School, Cut Bank
- D Grass Land Colony School, Great Falls
- A+ Hall School, Hall
- A+ Hammond School, Hammond
- B Helmville School, Helmville
- D Hidden Lake Elementary, Cut Bank
- D- Hill Top Colony School, Stockett
- A+ Hillcrest Colony Elementary, Power
- B Horizon Elementary, Cut Bank
- B King Colony School, Lewistown
- D Kingsbury Colony Attn Ctr, Valier
- D Lima School, Lima
- A+ Luther School, Luther
- B Malmborg School, Bozeman
- D Mccormick School, Troy
- D Midway Colony, Conrad
- D- Morin School, Billings
- D Mountain View Elementary, Cut Bank
- D North Harlem Elementary, Harlem
- A+ Opheim School, Opheim
- B Pendroy School, Pendroy
- B Pine Creek School, Livingston
- D- Pleasant Valley School, Belt
- B Polaris School, Polaris
- A+ Reichle School, Glen
- B Springhill School, Belgrade
- B Sunset School, Greenough
- B Swan Valley School, Condon
- D Trego School, Trego
- B Turner School, Turner
- B Westby School, Westby
- A+ Whitewater School, Whitewater
- B Wise River School, Wise River
- D- Yellowstone Academy Elem, Billings
- A+ Zurich School, Zurich
Closed schools (5)
NCES lists these schools as closed or inactive since their last graded year.
- D Hillside Colony School, Sunburst
- C+ Morningside School, Great Falls
- D Pondera Colony School, Valier
- D Riverview Elementary, Galata
- D- Washington School, Billings
Not yet graded (71)
Our source data has no school-level proficiency results for these schools, so they carry no SchoolGrade yet.
- Alzada School, Alzada
- Auchard Creek School, Wolf Creek
- Ayers School, Grass Range
- B A Winans School, Livingston
- Bear Paw School, Chinook
- Biddle School, Biddle
- Bloomfield School, Bloomfield
- Bozeman Online Charter School, Bozeman
- Brorson School, Sidney
- Carter School, Carter
- Cherry Valley School, Polson
- Cleveland School, Chinook
- Cooke City School, Cooke City
- Cool Spring Colony School, Rudyard
- Davey Elementary, Havre
- Divide School, Divide
- Eastgate School, East Helena
- Galata School, Galata
- Garfield School, Lewistown
- Grant School, Dillon
- Greycliff School, Greycliff
- Hardin Primary, Hardin
- Hartland Elementary School, Havre
- Hawks Home School, Hammond
- Hellgate El Primary Grades, Missoula
- Highland Park School, Miles City
- Highland Park School, Havre
- Jackson School, Jackson
- Jefferson School, Miles City
- Jefferson School, Glendive
- Judith Gap School, Judith Gap
- Kester School, Jordan
- Knees School, Carter
- Kw Vc Elementary, Browning
- Lincoln Primary, Anaconda
- Lincoln School, Baker
- Lindsay School, Lindsay
- Lockwood Primary, Lockwood
- Loring Colony School, Loring
- Mcleod School, Mcleod
- Melrose School, Melrose
- Monforton Primary, Bozeman
- Mt Sch For Deaf And Blnd El, Great Falls
- Nye School, Nye
- Ovando School, Ovando
- Pass Creek School, Belgrade
- Pine Grove School, Brusett
- Pleasant Valley School, Marion
- Prickly Pear Elem, East Helena
- Rimrock Colony School, Sunburst
- Riverview School, Miles City
- Ross School, Mosby
- Roy School, Roy
- Ryegate School, Ryegate
- S Y School, Miles City
- Sage Creek Elementary, Chester
- Salmon Prairie School, Swan Lake
- Sand Springs School, Sand Springs
- South School, Laurel
- South Stacey School, Volborg
- Spring Creek Colony Schl, Lewistown
- Spring Creek School, Decker
- Story Creek Elem, Belgrade
- Washington School, Hamilton
- West School, Laurel
- West Side Elementary, Sidney
- Wisdom School, Wisdom
- Wolf Creek School, Wolf Creek
- Yaak School, Troy
- Yellowstone Virtual Academy, Fairview
- Zenith Elementary, Cut Bank
About this ranking
- Scope: every public elementary school in Montana.
- Order: SchoolGrade, then actual proficiency, then name; schools with the same grade and score share a rank.
- Ranked: regular public schools that NCES lists as open, not fully online, with at least 30 students. Others are listed with the reason.
- Tags: Magnet and Charter from the NCES school directory; K-12 marks schools serving every grade that are ranked with the elementary schools.
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works
Questions about elementary schools in Montana
What is the best elementary school in Montana?
Morning Star School in Bozeman ranks first among the 300 ranked elementary schools in Montana with a SchoolGrade of A+, 78% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 63%.
How are elementary schools in Montana ranked?
By SchoolGrade, the 2025-26 model that scores each school's actual test proficiency against the level projected for its student context, then by actual proficiency to break ties. Regular public schools that are open, not fully online and have at least 30 students are ranked; the rest are listed below the table with the reason.
How many elementary schools does Montana have?
SchoolGrade grades 437 public elementary schools in Montana; 300 are ranked here and 137 are listed as not ranked.