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Fastest-growing Montana public schools, 2017-2024

Montana public schools open in both 2017-18 and 2024-25 with at least 200 students in 2017, ranked by percentage enrollment change over the seven-year window.

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MONTANA · FASTEST-GROWING

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	West Valley Middle School	Kalispell	West Valley Elem	202	372	84.2%
2	Frenchtown 6-8	Frenchtown	Frenchtown K-12 Schools	203	311	53.2%
3	Washington Middle School 6-8	Miles City	Miles City Elem	226	326	44.2%
4	Meadowlark School	Billings	Billings Elem	493	691	40.2%
5	Browning Middle School	Browning	Browning Elem	272	368	35.3%
6	Sunnyside School	Havre	Havre Elem	268	354	32.1%
7	Daly School	Hamilton	Hamilton K-12 Schools	415	539	29.9%
8	McKinley School	Billings	Billings Elem	263	339	28.9%
9	Hamilton Middle School	Hamilton	Hamilton K-12 Schools	359	460	28.1%
10	Whitefish High School	Whitefish	Whitefish H S	484	618	27.7%
11	Bryant School	Helena	Helena Elem	230	288	25.2%
12	Elder Grove 7-8	Billings	Elder Grove Elem	200	248	24.0%
13	Lowell School	Missoula	Missoula Elem	287	354	23.3%
14	Poplar High School	Poplar	Poplar H S	223	275	23.3%
15	Helena Flats School	Kalispell	Helena Flats Elem	206	253	22.8%
16	Eureka Middle School 5-8	Eureka	Eureka Elem	207	254	22.7%
17	Miles Avenue School	Billings	Billings Elem	267	325	21.7%
18	Will James Middle School	Billings	Billings Elem	522	634	21.5%
19	Eureka Elementary School	Eureka	Eureka Elem	227	274	20.7%
20	Cecelia Hazelton School	Townsend	Townsend K-12 Schools	352	423	20.2%
21	Ennis School	Ennis	Ennis K-12 Schools	204	244	19.6%
22	Castle Rock Middle School	Billings	Billings Elem	582	691	18.7%
23	Eagle Cliffs Elementary	Billings	Billings Elem	374	443	18.4%
24	Jefferson High School	Boulder	Jefferson H S	261	306	17.2%
25	Elder Grove School	Billings	Elder Grove Elem	397	465	17.1%
26	Whitefish Middle 5-8	Whitefish	Whitefish Elem	563	657	16.7%
27	Billings West High School	Billings	Billings H S	1,815	2,115	16.5%
28	Boulder School	Billings	Billings Elem	428	495	15.7%
29	Three Forks Elem School	Three Forks	Three Forks Elem	313	361	15.3%
30	Hyalite Elementary	Bozeman	Bozeman Elem	455	521	14.5%
31	Burlington School	Billings	Billings Elem	227	257	13.2%
32	Elysian School	Billings	Elysian Elem	267	302	13.1%
33	Porter Middle School	Missoula	Missoula Elem	514	579	12.6%
34	Monforton School	Bozeman	Monforton Elem	226	254	12.4%
35	Hawthorne School	Missoula	Missoula Elem	371	417	12.4%
36	Columbia Falls Jr HS	Columbia Falls	Columbia Falls Elem	487	547	12.3%
37	Newman School	Billings	Billings Elem	222	249	12.2%
38	Dillon Middle School	Dillon	Dillon Elem	232	259	11.6%
39	Columbia Falls High Schl	Columbia Falls	Columbia Falls H S	621	691	11.3%
40	Jim Darcy School	Helena	Helena Elem	425	473	11.3%
41	Emily Dickinson School	Bozeman	Bozeman Elem	478	531	11.1%
42	Shelby Elementary School	Shelby	Shelby Elem	236	262	11.0%
43	Browning High School	Browning	Browning H S	576	633	9.9%
44	Polson High School	Polson	Polson H S	471	517	9.8%
45	Sentinel High School	Missoula	Missoula H S	1,243	1,365	9.8%
46	Beaverhead Co High School	Dillon	Beaverhead County H S	310	339	9.4%
47	Ronan High School	Ronan	Ronan H S	345	376	9.0%
48	Rose Park School	Billings	Billings Elem	255	277	8.6%
49	Sacajawea Middle School	Bozeman	Bozeman Elem	745	807	8.3%
50	Thompson Falls Elem Schl	Thompson Falls	Thompson Falls Elem	222	240	8.1%

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