Busby, MT schools
Busby’s public schools score well below Montana’s averages: 15% of students are proficient in reading against 46.2% statewide, and 44% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.9%. Kids attend one of 4 schools through grade 6, then one of 4 middle schools and Lodge Grass 7-8.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
Busby’s School Grade: D
The public schools Busby’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 94% of Montana’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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 Busby 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
44% graduate on time
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Three districts serve Busby
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges near Busby
There’s no college in Busby, but 2 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Chief Dull Knife College in Lame Deer, 16.6 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Busby. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus.
All 1 school in Busby
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.
Schools Busby kids attend in other towns
Public schools in Busby’s districts that are located in Hardin, Crow Agency, Lodge Grass and Fort Smith. Which one depends on your address.