Schools · Deer Lodge
Deer Lodge, MT schools
Deer Lodge’s public schools score close to Montana’s averages: 45% 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
C+
Deer Lodge’s School Grade: C+
The public schools Deer Lodge’s kids attend trail 64% of Montana’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
C+Test scores
Montana school districts we grade (237)Better than 36%
Lower resultsHigher results
Montana towns with similar household incomes (158)Better than 32%
Good confidence. Built on 288 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
Close to the state in reading
Reading (Deer Lodge Elementary)45%
State average 46.2%
Reading (Powell County High)34.5%
State average 46.2%
Math (Deer Lodge Elementary)27%
State average 34.6%
Math (Powell County High)15%
State average 34.6%
Graduation · class of 2020
95% graduate on time
Graduation rate
95%
MT: 84.9%
Graduating class
54
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Two districts serve Deer Lodge
Deer Lodge Elementary School DistrictGrades PK–8 · 2 schools · 425 students
$14,665 per studentMT $13,570C+Powell County High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 1 school · 181 students
$21,689 per studentMT $13,570C-Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 3 schools in Deer Lodge
Showing 1–3 of 3 schools
O D Speer SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 337 students
C+PublicE F Duvall 7-8Middle · Grades 7–8 · 88 students
C+PublicPowell County High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 181 students
CPublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.