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Schools in Lindsay · Dawson High School District, Lindsay Elementary School District

Lindsay’s public schools score below 73% of Montana districts

The public schools Lindsay’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 73% of Montana’s districts on state tests and graduation.

Reading proficiency
47%
▲ 1 pts vs MT 46%
2020–21
Math proficiency
17%
▼ 18 pts vs MT 35%
2020–21
Graduate on time
77%
▼ 8 pts vs MT 85%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$14.3K
▲ 6% vs MT $13.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
7.8
MT 13.8 · smaller classes
Schools
1
7 students
The School Grade

How Lindsay compares

C Test scoresC− Graduation
Montana school districts we grade (237)Better than 27%
Lower resultsHigher results
Lower confidence. Built on 76 tested students and a graduating class of 91. 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 against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Montana only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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 will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Lindsay (some depend on your address).

The path, start to finish
PK–8Lindsay SchoolLindsay Elementary School District
9–12Dawson High Schoolin Glendive

Two districts serve Lindsay

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

Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading · 9–12, Dawson High School District47%
State average 46.2%
Math · 9–12, Dawson High School District17%
State average 34.6%

Every school in Lindsay

1 school. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.

Elementary
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Colleges near Lindsay

There’s no college in Lindsay, but 1 is within 30 miles. The closest is Dawson Community College in Glendive, 22.3 miles away.

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Straight-line distance from the center of Lindsay. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.

School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Montana. Stars are from neighbors.

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