Schools · Lame Deer
Lame Deer, MT schools
Lame Deer’s public schools score well below Montana’s averages: 2% of students are proficient in reading against 46.2% statewide, and 44% 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−
Lame Deer’s School Grade: D-
The public schools Lame Deer’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 99% of Montana’s districts on state tests and graduation.
D-Test scoresD-Graduation
Montana school districts we grade (237)Better than 1%
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Good confidence. Built on 256 tested students and a graduating class of 44; 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, 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.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (Lame Deer High)15%
State average 46.2%
Reading (Lame Deer Elementary)2%
State average 46.2%
Math (Lame Deer High)5%
State average 34.6% · reported as a range, 0–10% (a small group)
Math (Lame Deer Elementary)0.5%
State average 34.6%
Graduation · class of 2020
44% graduate on time
Graduation rate
44%
MT: 84.9%
Graduating class
44
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Two districts serve Lame Deer
Lame Deer High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 1 school · 170 students
$26,566 per studentMT $13,570D-Lame Deer Elementary School DistrictGrades PK–8 · 2 schools · 353 students
$20,496 per studentMT $13,570D-Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Lame Deer is home to Chief Dull Knife College
More about Chief Dull Knife College →Every school
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School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.