Schools · Hinsdale

Hinsdale, MT schools

Hinsdale’s public schools score well below Montana’s averages: 24.5% of students are proficient in reading against 46.2% statewide. Kids attend Hinsdale School through grade 6, then Hinsdale 7-8 and Hinsdale High School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

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Hinsdale’s School Grade: D

The public schools Hinsdale’s kids attend trail 89% 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 11%
Lower resultsHigher results
Montana towns with similar household incomes (99)Better than 15%
Lower confidence. Built on 34 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.
School path

Where Hinsdale kids go to school

Grades PK–6
DHinsdale School 36 students · Hinsdale Hinsdale Elementary School District
Grades 7–8
Hinsdale 7-8 9 students · Hinsdale Hinsdale Elementary School District
Grades 9–12
Hinsdale High School 18 students · Hinsdale Hinsdale High School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–8, Hinsdale Elementary)24.5%
State average 46.2%
Math (grades PK–8, Hinsdale Elementary)15%
State average 34.6%
Districts

Two districts serve Hinsdale

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Hinsdale

There’s no college within 30 miles of Hinsdale. The closest is Aaniiih Nakoda College in Fort Belknap Agency, MT, 76.7 miles away.

Straight-line distance from the center of Hinsdale. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus.

Every school

All 3 schools in Hinsdale

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School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.

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