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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
51	West Elementary School	Butte	Butte Elem	468	503	7.5%
52	East Middle School	Butte	Butte Elem	618	664	7.4%
53	Broadwater School	Billings	Billings Elem	373	400	7.2%
54	Great Falls High School	Great Falls	Great Falls H S	1,444	1,548	7.2%
55	Bigfork High School	Bigfork	Bigfork H S	311	333	7.1%
56	Central Heights School	Billings	Billings Elem	267	285	6.7%
57	Hellgate High School	Missoula	Missoula H S	1,183	1,262	6.7%
58	Malta K-5	Malta	Malta K-12 Schools	231	246	6.5%
59	Pablo Elementary	Pablo	Ronan Elem	215	229	6.5%
60	Belgrade High School	Belgrade	Belgrade H S	900	958	6.4%
61	Ruder Elementary	Columbia Falls	Columbia Falls Elem	458	487	6.3%
62	Sidney Middle School	Sidney	Sidney Elem	303	319	5.3%
63	West Valley School	Kalispell	West Valley Elem	412	434	5.3%
64	Butte High School	Butte	Butte H S	1,206	1,266	5.0%
65	Hillcrest School	Butte	Butte Elem	395	412	4.3%
66	Columbus High School	Columbus	Columbus H S	218	227	4.1%
67	Harlem Elementary School	Harlem	Harlem Elem	337	350	3.9%
68	Meadow Lark School	Great Falls	Great Falls Elem	510	527	3.3%
69	Big Sky High School	Missoula	Missoula H S	1,112	1,148	3.2%
70	O D Speer School	Deer Lodge	Deer Lodge Elem	327	337	3.1%
71	Ponderosa School	Billings	Billings Elem	269	277	3.0%
72	Glacier High School	Kalispell	Flathead H S	1,367	1,402	2.6%
73	Parkview School	Dillon	Dillon Elem	486	497	2.3%
74	Washington Middle School	Missoula	Missoula Elem	656	669	2.0%
75	North Middle School	Great Falls	Great Falls Elem	751	764	1.7%
76	Huntley Project Elem K-6	Worden	Huntley Project K-12 Schools	403	410	1.7%
77	Montana City School	Clancy	Montana City Elem	308	313	1.6%
78	Clancy School	Clancy	Clancy Elem	281	285	1.4%
79	Hardin High School	Hardin	Hardin H S	508	515	1.4%
80	Libby High School	Libby	Libby K-12 Schools	359	363	1.1%
81	Loy School	Great Falls	Great Falls Elem	388	392	1.0%
82	Helena Middle School	Helena	Helena Elem	695	701	0.9%
83	Flathead High School	Kalispell	Flathead H S	1,529	1,541	0.8%
84	Roundup Elementary	Roundup	Roundup Elem	296	298	0.7%
85	Franklin School	Missoula	Missoula Elem	273	274	0.4%
86	Central School	Helena	Helena Elem	241	242	0.4%
87	Russell School	Missoula	Missoula Elem	374	375	0.3%
88	Stevensville K-6	Stevensville	Stevensville Elem	517	518	0.2%
89	C M Russell High School	Great Falls	Great Falls H S	1,411	1,412	0.1%
90	Arrowhead School	Billings	Billings Elem	434	434	0.0%
91	Rocky Boy School	Box Elder	Rocky Boy Elem	348	348	0.0%
92	Fergus High School	Lewistown	Fergus H S	348	347	-0.3%
93	Kalispell Middle School	Kalispell	Kalispell Elem	1,052	1,049	-0.3%
94	Lolo Middle School	Lolo	Lolo Elem	240	239	-0.4%
95	Ben Steele Middle School	Billings	Billings Elem	745	740	-0.7%
96	East Middle School	Great Falls	Great Falls Elem	772	764	-1.0%
97	Four Georgians School	Helena	Helena Elem	488	482	-1.2%
98	Highland Park School	Havre	Havre Elem	292	288	-1.4%
99	Quentin Brown Primary K-4	Corvallis	Corvallis K-12 Schools	472	464	-1.7%
100	C R Anderson Middle Schl	Helena	Helena Elem	980	962	-1.8%

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