Schools · Hays
Hays, MT schools
Hays’s public schools score well below Montana’s averages: 12% of students are proficient in reading against 46.2% statewide, and 90% 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
D
Hays’s School Grade: D
The public schools Hays’s kids attend trail 94% of Montana’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
DTest scores
Montana school districts we grade (237)Better than 6%
Lower resultsHigher results
Montana towns with similar household incomes (134)Better than 6%
Lower confidence. Built on 132 tested students. With numbers this small, one year can move 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 (Hays-Lodge Pole K-12)12%
State average 46.2%
Math (Hays-Lodge Pole K-12)7.5%
State average 34.6%
Graduation · class of 2020
90% graduate on time
Graduation rate
90%
MT: 84.9%
Graduating class
20
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
The district serving Hays
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 3 schools in Hays
Showing 1–3 of 3 schools
Lodge Pole SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 144 students
DPublicHays-Lodge Pole 7-8Middle · Grades 7–8 · 27 students
D-PublicHays-Lodge Pole High SchHigh · Grades 9–12 · 84 students
C-PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.