Big Sky Colony, MT schools
Big Sky Colony’s public schools score well below Montana’s averages: 8% of students are proficient in reading against 46.2% statewide, and 72% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.9%. Kids attend Big Sky School through grade 8, then Browning High School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
Big Sky Colony’s School Grade: D-
The public schools Big Sky Colony’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 96% of Montana’s districts on state tests and graduation.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Montana’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. 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. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- 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.
Where Big Sky Colony kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Well below the state in reading
72% graduate on time
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Two districts serve Big Sky Colony
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges near Big Sky Colony
There’s no college in Big Sky Colony, but 1 college is within 30 miles. The closest is Blackfeet Community College in South Browning, 22.7 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Big Sky Colony. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus.
All 1 school in Big Sky Colony
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.
Schools Big Sky Colony kids attend in other towns
Public schools in Big Sky Colony’s district that are located in Browning.