West Yellowstone, MT schools
West Yellowstone’s public schools score close to Montana’s averages: 47% of students are proficient in reading against 46.2% statewide, and 90% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.9%. Kids attend West Yellowstone School through grade 5, then West Yellowstone 6-8 and West Yellowstone HS.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
West Yellowstone’s School Grade: C+
The public schools West Yellowstone’s kids attend trail 61% of Montana’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
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.
Where West Yellowstone kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Close to the state in reading
90% graduate on time
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
The district serving West Yellowstone
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges near West Yellowstone
There’s no college within 30 miles of West Yellowstone. The closest is Brigham Young University-Idaho in Rexburg, ID, 67.2 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of West Yellowstone. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus.
All 3 schools in West Yellowstone
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.