Loring Colony’s public schools beat 56% of Montana districts
The public schools Loring Colony’s kids attend outperform 56% of Montana’s districts on state tests.
The short version on Loring Colony’s schools
Loring Colony’s schools are very small
All of Loring Colony’s public school students add up to 7 children. That means real individual attention, but also that a single class can swing the scores from year to year. Every school ↓
Reading is above the state; math is just below
Reading proficiency is 49%, 3 points above the state. Math is 34%, 1 point below the state. Both are close enough to average that small changes could flip them. Test scores ↓
Loring Colony has its own elementary school and shares the rest
Loring Colony’s own school is Loring Colony School, for pre-K through grade 8. From grade 9, students go to Malta High School in Malta. See the path ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Loring Colony compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Montana’s state tests against the state average. 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.
- 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 Loring Colony.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Above the state in reading
Every school in Loring Colony
1 school. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Loring Colony families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results, graded within Montana. Stars are from neighbors.