High School Explorer

State: Public + private high schools, every state.

219

high schools (public + private)

187

public (164 districts)

private (NCES PSS)

10,252

public grade‑12 students (seniors, latest year)

MT public HS enrollment trend

Across the 11,690 students enrolled in MT brick-and-mortar public high schools in 2021, the state contracted -1.7% by 2024 (11,491 students, -199 net). That's the demographic tide every individual school is fighting or riding.

Charter share of public HS enrollment (latest year): 0.0% (0 of 11,491 students). Virtual / nonclassroom-based schools excluded.

🗺️ State context · NAEP 2024

How does MT compare nationally?

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the only test given the same way to students in every state — making it the benchmark for state-to-state academic comparison. Below, this state's 8th-grade averages and where it sits on the 50-state distribution.

8th-grade math

280

+7 vs national avg (273)

8th-grade reading

268

+8 vs national avg (260)

Each dot is one state's 2024 NAEP 8th-grade averages. MT is highlighted in gold. Dashed lines mark national averages — being upper-right of both = above national in both subjects. Source: NAEP State Snapshot Reports. NAEP doesn't produce per-school scores — this is state-level context.

Where the students are

Top 10 cities by public-HS enrollment

Butte	1 HS	1,266
Browning	1 HS	633
Laurel	1 HS	578
Polson	1 HS	517
Miles City	1 HS	487
Ronan	1 HS	376
Frenchtown	1 HS	364
Stevensville	1 HS	347
Dillon	1 HS	339
Bigfork	1 HS	333

School-size distribution

Public, classroom-based · grades 9–12, latest year

Fastest-growing high schools

public, classroom-based · grade 9–12 · 2021→2024

Browning High School Browning H S	553→633	+14.5%
Beaverhead Co High School Beaverhead County H S	325→339	+4.3%
Broadwater High School Townsend K-12 Schools	193→196	+1.6%
Ronan High School Ronan H S	371→376	+1.3%
Polson High School Polson H S	511→517	+1.2%
Harlem High School Harlem H S	175→175	+0.0%
Sweet Grass Co High Schl Sweet Grass County H S	164→161	-1.8%
Butte High School Butte H S	1,295→1,266	-2.2%
Lodge Grass High School Lodge Grass H S	178→174	-2.2%
Red Lodge High School Red Lodge H S	180→176	-2.2%

Fastest-shrinking high schools

public, classroom-based · grade 9–12 · 2021→2024

Frenchtown High School Frenchtown K-12 Schools	490→364	-25.7%
Wolf Point High School Wolf Point H S	239→200	-16.3%
Shepherd High School Shepherd H S	265→225	-15.1%
Florence-Carlton HS Florence-Carlton K-12 Schls	270→237	-12.2%
Glasgow High School Glasgow K-12 Schools	245→219	-10.6%
Stevensville High School Stevensville H S	383→347	-9.4%
Laurel High School Laurel H S	629→578	-8.1%
Manhattan H S Manhattan High School	260→241	-7.3%
Lincoln Co High School Lincoln County H S	293→273	-6.8%
Dawson High School Dawson H S	341→318	-6.7%

Every MT high school

Search by school, district, or city; sort any column. Trend = high-school enrollment change, first→latest year on file (public 2021→2024 via CCD grades 9–12; private 2018→2022 via PSS total). Omitted (—) for schools under 50 HS students, where a year-over-year percentage isn't reliable.

High school	City	Type	HS enrollment (9–12)	9–12 trend
227 Academy- HS East Helena K-12	East Helena	Public	59	—
Absarokee High School virtual Absarokee H S	Absarokee	Public	74	+27.6%
Alberton High School virtual Alberton K-12 Schools	Alberton	Public	41	—
Anaconda Sr High School virtual Anaconda H S	Anaconda	Public	305	+4.1%
Arlee High School virtual Arlee H S	Arlee	Public	135	-3.6%
Augusta High School Augusta H S	Augusta	Public	33	—
Bainville High School Bainville K-12 Schools	Bainville	Public	47	—
Baker High School virtual Baker K-12 Schools	Baker	Public	133	+0.8%
Beaverhead Co High School Beaverhead County H S	Dillon	Public	339	+4.3%
Belfry High School Belfry K-12 Schools	Belfry	Public	16	—
Belgrade High School virtual Belgrade H S	Belgrade	Public	958	-7.5%
Belt High School Belt H S	Belt	Public	92	+10.8%
Big Sandy High School virtual Big Sandy K-12	Big Sandy	Public	59	+9.3%
Big Sky Discovery School K–12 Nonsectarian	Big Sky	Private	49	—
Big Sky High School virtual Missoula H S	Missoula	Public	1,148	-0.8%
Bigfork High School Bigfork H S	Bigfork	Public	333	-2.9%
Billings Central Catholic High School Catholic	Billings	Private	298	-8.0%
Billings Early College School virtual Billings H S	Billings	Public	60	—
Billings Multilingual Academy virtual Billings H S	Billings	Public	20	—
Billings Opportunity School virtual Billings H S	Billings	Public	78	—
Billings Sr High School virtual Billings H S	Billings	Public	1,629	-10.6%
Billings West High School virtual Billings H S	Billings	Public	2,115	-3.0%
Bitterroot Polytech HS Hamilton K-12 Schools	Hamilton	Public	87	—
Box Elder High School virtual Box Elder H S	Box Elder	Public	86	-23.9%
Bozeman Field School Nonsectarian	Bozeman	Private	19	—
Bozeman Field School Nonsectarian	Bozeman	Private	22	—
Bozeman High School virtual Bozeman H S	Bozeman	Public	1,279	+4.2%
Bridger Charter School Bozeman H S	Bozeman	Public	69	—
Bridger High School virtual Bridger K-12 Schools	Bridger	Public	58	+11.5%
Brightways Global Academy K–12 Nonsectarian	Missoula	Private	133	—
Broadview High School Broadview H S	Broadview	Public	50	—
Broadwater High School Townsend K-12 Schools	Townsend	Public	196	+1.6%
Brockton High School virtual Brockton H S	Brockton	Public	49	—
Bronc Fast Track virtual Frenchtown K-12 Schools	Frenchtown	Public	53	—
Browning High School Browning H S	Browning	Public	633	+14.5%
Building Bridges Academy Nonsectarian	Thompson Falls	Private	8	—
Butte Central Catholic High School Catholic	Butte	Private	97	-27.6%
Butte High School Butte H S	Butte	Public	1,266	-2.2%
C M Russell High School virtual Great Falls H S	Great Falls	Public	1,412	-5.2%
CSD HS Rise Pathway Academy Corvallis K-12 Schools	Corvallis	Public	—	—
Capital High School virtual Helena H S	Helena	Public	1,293	-4.2%
Carter County High School Carter County H S	Ekalaka	Public	36	—
Cascade High School Cascade H S	Cascade	Public	111	+32.1%
Centerville High School Centerville H S	Sand Coulee	Public	73	+15.9%
Charlo High School Charlo H S	Charlo	Public	80	+0.0%
Chester-Joplin-Inverness HS virtual Chester-Joplin-Inverness HS	Chester	Public	54	-10.0%
Chinook High School Chinook H S	Chinook	Public	115	+0.9%
Choteau High School virtual Choteau H S	Choteau	Public	109	+1.9%
Chrysalis School K–12 Nonsectarian	Eureka	Private	45	—
Circle High School Circle H S	Circle	Public	74	+15.6%
Colstrip High School Colstrip H S	Colstrip	Public	155	+5.4%
Columbia Falls High Schl virtual Columbia Falls H S	Columbia Falls	Public	691	+3.0%
Columbus High School Columbus H S	Columbus	Public	227	-3.0%
Conrad High School Conrad H S	Conrad	Public	126	-8.7%
Corvallis High School virtual Corvallis K-12 Schools	Corvallis	Public	406	-14.7%
Culbertson High School Culbertson H S	Culbertson	Public	77	-1.3%
Custer Co District High Custer County H S	Miles City	Public	487	-4.1%
Custer High School Custer K-12 Schools	Custer	Public	26	—
Cut Bank High School virtual Cut Bank H S	Cut Bank	Public	183	-23.8%
Darby High School virtual Darby K-12 Schools	Darby	Public	116	+3.6%
Dawson High School Dawson H S	Glendive	Public	318	-6.7%
Denton High School Denton H S	Denton	Public	16	—
Dodson High School Dodson K-12	Dodson	Public	24	—
Drummond High School Drummond H S	Drummond	Public	70	+14.8%
Dutton/Brady High School virtual Dutton/Brady K-12 Schools	Dutton	Public	25	—
East Helena High School virtual East Helena K-12	East Helena	Public	563	+31.5%
Emerge Private School K–12 Other religious	Bozeman	Private	195	—
Ennis High School Ennis K-12 Schools	Ennis	Public	134	+8.1%
Fairfield High School virtual Fairfield H S	Fairfield	Public	107	-11.6%
Fairview High School Fairview H S	Fairview	Public	92	-23.3%
Fergus High School virtual Fergus H S	Lewistown	Public	347	+2.4%
Flathead High School virtual Flathead H S	Kalispell	Public	1,541	-4.1%
Flathead Pace Academy Flathead H S	Kalispell	Public	22	—
Florence-Carlton HS Florence-Carlton K-12 Schls	Florence	Public	237	-12.2%
Foothills Community Christian High School K–12 Other religious	Great Falls	Private	197	+34.0%
Forsyth High School virtual Forsyth H S	Forsyth	Public	103	+19.8%
Fort Benton High School virtual Fort Benton H S	Fort Benton	Public	112	+21.7%
Frazer High School Frazer H S	Frazer	Public	24	—
Frenchtown High School Frenchtown K-12 Schools	Frenchtown	Public	364	-25.7%
Froid High School Froid H S	Froid	Public	40	—
Fromberg High School Fromberg K-12	Fromberg	Public	19	—
Gallatin High School virtual Bozeman H S	Bozeman	Public	1,442	+13.2%
Gardiner High School virtual Gardiner H S	Gardiner	Public	55	—
Garfield Co Dist HS virtual Garfield County H S	Jordan	Public	57	+11.8%
Geraldine High School virtual Geraldine K-12	Geraldine	Public	19	—
Geyser High School virtual Geyser K-12 Schools	Geyser	Public	13	—
Glacier High School virtual Flathead H S	Kalispell	Public	1,402	-2.0%
Glasgow High School Glasgow K-12 Schools	Glasgow	Public	219	-10.6%
Granite High School Philipsburg K-12 Schools	Philipsburg	Public	56	-17.6%
Grass Range High School Grass Range H S	Grass Range	Public	27	—
Great Falls Central Catholic High School Catholic	Great Falls	Private	75	-35.3%
Great Falls High School virtual Great Falls H S	Great Falls	Public	1,548	-5.6%
Hamilton Christian Academy K–12 Other religious	Hamilton	Private	84	+13.5%
Hamilton High School virtual Hamilton K-12 Schools	Hamilton	Public	460	-15.3%
Hardin High School virtual Hardin H S	Hardin	Public	515	-2.6%
Harlem High School Harlem H S	Harlem	Public	175	+0.0%
Harlowton High School virtual Harlowton K-12	Harlowton	Public	66	+8.2%
Harrison High School Harrison K-12 Schools	Harrison	Public	9	—
Havre High School virtual Havre H S	Havre	Public	521	+0.2%
Hays-Lodge Pole High Sch virtual Hays-Lodge Pole K-12 Schls	Hays	Public	84	+0.0%
Heart Butte High School Heart Butte K-12 Schools	Heart Butte	Public	41	—
Helena Christian School K–12 Other religious	East Helena	Private	231	+24.9%
Helena High School virtual Helena H S	Helena	Public	979	-13.2%
Helena P.A.L. Helena H S	Helena	Public	58	—
Hellgate High School virtual Missoula H S	Missoula	Public	1,262	-0.1%
Heritage Christian School K–12 Other religious	Bozeman	Private	242	+33.0%
Highwood High School Highwood K-12	Highwood	Public	25	—
Hinsdale High School Hinsdale H S	Hinsdale	Public	18	—
Hobson High School Hobson K-12 Schools	Hobson	Public	31	—
Hot Springs High School virtual Hot Springs K-12	Hot Springs	Public	60	+9.1%
Huntley Project High Schl virtual Huntley Project K-12 Schools	Worden	Public	217	+0.9%
Hysham High School virtual Hysham K-12 Schools	Hysham	Public	28	—
Jefferson High School virtual Jefferson H S	Boulder	Public	306	+5.2%
Joliet High School virtual Joliet H S	Joliet	Public	129	+0.0%
Judith Gap High School Judith Gap H S	Judith Gap	Public	4	—
Kalispell Rising Wolf Charter Flathead H S	Kalispell	Public	11	—
Kootenai Valley Christian School K–12 Other religious	Libby	Private	92	+31.4%
Lambert High School Lambert H S	Lambert	Public	33	—
Lame Deer High School virtual Lame Deer H S	Lame Deer	Public	170	-6.6%
Laurel High School Laurel H S	Laurel	Public	578	-8.1%
Lavina High School virtual Lavina K-12 Schools	Lavina	Public	23	—
Libby High School virtual Libby K-12 Schools	Libby	Public	363	+6.8%
Liberty Christian School K–12 Other religious	Sidney	Private	27	—
Lima High School Lima K-12 Schools	Lima	Public	13	—
Lincoln Co High School Lincoln County H S	Eureka	Public	273	-6.8%
Lincoln High School virtual Lincoln K-12 Schools	Lincoln	Public	44	—
Lockwood High School virtual Lockwood K-12	Lockwood	Public	552	+38.3%
Lodge Grass High School Lodge Grass H S	Lodge Grass	Public	174	-2.2%
Lone Peak High School Big Sky School K-12	Gallatin Gateway	Public	117	+7.3%
Loyola Sacred Heart High School Catholic	Missoula	Private	181	+5.2%
Lustre Christian High School Other religious	Lustre	Private	32	—
MT Sch For Deaf & Blnd HS Mont Sch for Deaf Blind	Great Falls	Public	15	—
Malta High School virtual Malta K-12 Schools	Malta	Public	128	-12.9%
Manhattan H S Manhattan High School	Manhattan	Public	241	-7.3%
Medicine Lake High School Medicine Lake K-12 Schools	Medicine Lake	Public	25	—
Melstone High School virtual Melstone H S	Melstone	Public	28	—
Mission Valley Christian Academy K–12 Other religious	Polson	Private	95	—
Missoula Connect Academy HS virtual Missoula H S	Missoula	Public	99	—
Montana Academy Nonsectarian	Marion	Private	10	—
Moore High School virtual Moore H S	Moore	Public	28	—
Mount Ascension Learning Ac HS virtual Helena H S	Helena	Public	43	—
Mount Ellis Academy Other religious	Bozeman	Private	59	+1.7%
Nashua High School virtual Nashua K-12 Schools	Nashua	Public	31	—
Nelson Academy Of Agricultural Sciences Online K–12 Nonsectarian	Scobey	Private	194	-8.1%
New Day K–12 Nonsectarian	Billings	Private	51	-13.6%
New Day School K–12 Nonsectarian	Billings	Private	51	—
North Star High School virtual North Star HS	Rudyard	Public	56	—
North West Indian Bible School K–12 Other religious	Alberton	Private	34	—
Noxon High School virtual Noxon H S	Noxon	Public	56	-17.6%
Opheim High School virtual Opheim K-12 Schools	Opheim	Public	4	—
Park City High School Park City H S	Park City	Public	112	+9.8%
Park High School virtual Park H S	Livingston	Public	420	-0.5%
Pine Hills Youth Corr Facil HS virtual Dept of Corrections-Youth	Miles City	Public	27	—
Pinehaven Christian Childrens Ranch And School K–12 Other religious	Saint Ignatius	Private	48	—
Plains High School Plains K-12	Plains	Public	121	-15.4%
Plenty Coups High School Plenty Coups H S	Pryor	Public	64	-14.7%
Plentywood High School virtual Plentywood K-12 Schools	Plentywood	Public	101	-12.2%
Plevna High School Plevna K-12 Schools	Plevna	Public	27	—
Polson High School Polson H S	Polson	Public	517	+1.2%
Poplar High School virtual Poplar H S	Poplar	Public	275	+13.2%
Powder River Co Dist High Powder River Co Dist H S	Broadus	Public	70	-10.3%
Powell County High School virtual Powell County H S	Deer Lodge	Public	181	+3.4%
Power High School Power H S	Power	Public	39	—
Rapelje High School virtual Rapelje H S	Rapelje	Public	12	—
Red Lodge High School Red Lodge H S	Red Lodge	Public	176	-2.2%
Reed Point High School Reed Point H S	Reed Point	Public	11	—
Richey High School virtual Richey H S	Richey	Public	22	—
Rise Charter & Distance HS Corvallis K-12 Schools	Corvallis	Public	41	—
Roberts High School virtual Roberts K-12 Schools	Roberts	Public	40	—
Rocky Boy High School virtual Rocky Boy H S	Box Elder	Public	125	-10.7%
Ronan High School Ronan H S	Ronan	Public	376	+1.3%
Rosebud High School Rosebud K-12	Rosebud	Public	15	—
Roundup H S virtual Roundup High School	Roundup	Public	156	-10.3%
Roy High School virtual Roy K-12 Schools	Roy	Public	5	—
Ryegate High School virtual Ryegate K-12 Schools	Ryegate	Public	14	—
Saco High School Saco H S	Saco	Public	15	—
Savage High School virtual Savage H S	Savage	Public	40	—
Scobey High School Scobey K-12 Schools	Scobey	Public	80	-3.6%
Seeley-Swan High School virtual Missoula H S	Seeley Lake	Public	85	-11.5%
Sentinel High School virtual Missoula H S	Missoula	Public	1,365	+3.6%
Shelby High School virtual Shelby H S	Shelby	Public	143	+27.7%
Shepherd High School Shepherd H S	Shepherd	Public	225	-15.1%
Sheridan High School Sheridan H S	Sheridan	Public	58	-15.9%
Shields Valley High Schl Shields Valley H S	Clyde Park	Public	59	+11.3%
Sidney High School virtual Sidney H S	Sidney	Public	355	-8.5%
Simms High School virtual Simms H S	Simms	Public	91	-18.8%
Skyview High School virtual Billings H S	Billings	Public	1,542	-6.9%
St Andrew School K–12 Catholic	Helena	Private	218	+10.7%
St Ignatius High School St Ignatius K-12 Schools	St Ignatius	Public	121	-11.0%
St Labre High School Catholic	Ashland	Private	102	-31.1%
St Regis High School virtual St Regis K-12 Schools	St Regis	Public	54	-3.6%
Stanford High School virtual Stanford K-12 Schools	Stanford	Public	42	—
Stevensville High School Stevensville H S	Stevensville	Public	347	-9.4%
Stillwater Christian School K–12 Other religious	Kalispell	Private	455	+35.8%
Sunburst High School virtual Sunburst K-12 Schools	Sunburst	Public	40	—
Superior High School virtual Superior K-12 Schools	Superior	Public	96	-12.7%
Sweet Grass Co High Schl Sweet Grass County H S	Big Timber	Public	161	-1.8%
Terry High School virtual Terry K-12 Schools	Terry	Public	48	—
Thompson Falls High Schl virtual Thompson Falls H S	Thompson Falls	Public	183	-12.4%
Three Forks High School virtual Three Forks H S	Three Forks	Public	251	-1.6%
Troy High School Troy H S	Troy	Public	132	+3.9%
Turner High School Turner H S	Turner	Public	22	—
Turning Winds Academic Institute K–12 Nonsectarian	Troy	Private	44	—
Twin Bridges High School virtual Twin Bridges K-12 Schools	Twin Bridges	Public	60	+5.3%
Valier High School Valier H S	Valier	Public	37	—
Valley Christian School K–12 Other religious	Missoula	Private	335	+27.9%
Victor High School virtual Victor K-12 Schools	Victor	Public	74	+0.0%
West Yellowstone HS West Yellowstone K-12	West Yellowstone	Public	60	-30.2%
Westby High School virtual Westby K-12 Schools	Westby	Public	15	—
White Sulphur Springs HS virtual White Sulphur Spgs K-12	White Sulphur Springs	Public	54	-19.4%
Whitefish High School virtual Whitefish H S	Whitefish	Public	618	+7.3%
Whitehall High School virtual Whitehall H S	Whitehall	Public	161	+23.8%
Whitewater High School Whitewater K-12 Schools	Whitewater	Public	10	—
Wibaux High School Wibaux K-12 Schools	Wibaux	Public	36	—
Willow Creek High School Willow Creek H S	Willow Creek	Public	7	—
Winifred High School Winifred K-12 Schools	Winifred	Public	42	—
Winnett High School virtual Winnett K-12 Schools	Winnett	Public	19	—
Wolf Point High School Wolf Point H S	Wolf Point	Public	200	-16.3%
Yellowstone Academy Nonsectarian	Billings	Private	70	+14.8%

Sources: Public — NCES Common Core of Data via the Urban Institute API; "HS enrollment" = grades 9–12 (so K–12/combined records aren't inflated by their elementary grades); trend 2021–2024. Private — NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS); enrollment is total students (PSS has no grade detail); trend 2018→2022 (biennial). "High school" = offers grade 12. Winners/losers shown for public only (comparable annual span) and exclude very small/near-closure schools.

MT public HS enrollment trend

How does MT compare nationally?

Where the students are

School-size distribution

Every MT high school

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