Schools · Missoula
Missoula, MT schools
Missoula’s public schools score well above Montana’s averages: 57% of students are proficient in reading against 46.2% statewide, and 84% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.9%. Kids attend Missoula TEACH Academy.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
A−
Missoula’s School Grade: A-
The public schools Missoula’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 76% of Montana’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
A-Test scoresCGraduation
Montana school districts we grade (237)Better than 76%
Lower resultsHigher results
Montana towns with similar household incomes (162)Better than 79%
High confidence. Built on 4,567 tested students and a graduating class of 905; 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.
School path
Where Missoula kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (Missoula High)52%
State average 46.2%
Reading (grades PK–5, Missoula Elementary)57%
State average 46.2%
Reading (Hellgate Elementary)60%
State average 46.2%
Math (Missoula High)31%
State average 34.6%
Math (grades PK–5, Missoula Elementary)41%
State average 34.6%
Math (Hellgate Elementary)44%
State average 34.6%
Graduation · class of 2020
84% graduate on time
Graduation rate
84%
MT: 84.9%
Graduating class
905
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #22 of 36 MT towns →
Districts
Three districts serve Missoula
Missoula High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 5 schools · 3,959 students
$14,071 per studentMT $13,570B-Missoula Elementary School DistrictGrades PK–8 · 14 schools · 5,293 students
$14,035 per studentMT $13,570A-Hellgate Elementary School DistrictGrades PK–8 · 4 schools · 1,464 students
$11,821 per studentMT $13,570A-Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 35 schools in Missoula
Showing 1–30 of 35 schools
Jeannette Rankin ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 457 students
APublicLewis & Clark SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 429 students
APublicHawthorne SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 417 students
APublicPaxson SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 415 students
APublicChief Charlo SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 414 students
A-PublicRattlesnake Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 393 students
A+PublicRussell SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 375 students
B+PublicLowell SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 354 students
C+PublicHellgate El Primary GradesElementary · Grades PK–1 · 316 students
PublicHellgate Elem Lower GradesElementary · Grades 2–3 · 305 students
A-PublicFranklin SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 274 students
C+PublicDeSmet SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 90 students
B-PublicMissoula TEACH AcademyElementary · Grades PK–5 · 84 students
PublicWashington Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 669 students
B+PublicPorter Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 579 students
B-PublicHellgate El IntermediateMiddle · Grades 4–6 · 517 students
B+PublicMeadow Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 414 students
BPublicHellgate Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 326 students
APublicDeSmet 6-8Middle · Grades 6–8 · 37 students
DPublicMissoula Connect Academy MSMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 19 students
PublicSentinel High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,365 students
B+PublicHellgate High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,262 students
B+PublicBig Sky High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,148 students
CPublicMissoula Connect Academy HSHigh · Grades 9–12 · 99 students
PublicASPIRE HIGH SCHOOL
PrivateASPIRE SCHOOL
PrivateBRIGHTWAYS GLOBAL ACADEMY
PrivateLIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST ACADEMY
PrivateLOYOLA SACRED HEART HIGH SCHOOL
PrivateMISSOULA CHRISTIAN MONTESSORI
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.