Schools · Baker
Baker, MT schools
Baker’s public schools score well below Montana’s averages: 39% of students are proficient in reading against 46.2% statewide, and 95% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.9%.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B−
Baker’s School Grade: B-
The public schools Baker’s kids attend outperform 54% of Montana’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
B-Test scores
Montana school districts we grade (237)Better than 54%
Lower resultsHigher results
Montana towns with similar household incomes (126)Better than 45%
Good confidence. Built on 249 tested students; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Montana’s state tests, each against the state average. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Montana only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Montana with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (Baker K-12)39%
State average 46.2%
Math (Baker K-12)42%
State average 34.6%
Graduation · class of 2020
95% graduate on time
Graduation rate
95%
MT: 84.9%
Graduating class
32
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
The district serving Baker
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 4 schools in Baker
Showing 1–4 of 4 schools
Longfellow SchoolElementary · Grades 3–6 · 158 students
BPublicLincoln SchoolElementary · Grades PK–2 · 101 students
PublicBaker 7-8Middle · Grades 7–8 · 72 students
C+PublicBaker High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 133 students
A-PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.