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Montana: the highest-poverty school districts

54 districts

Montana public school districts ranked by the share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to qualify.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsStudents on FRL% FRL
1Anaconda ElemMT3727727100%
2Browning ElemMT71,2801,246100%
3Eureka ElemMT2528528100%
4Evergreen ElemMT2645645100%
5Hardin ElemMT51,2211,221100%
6Kalispell ElemMT73,0973,097100%
7Poplar ElemMT3570570100%
8Ronan ElemMT31,0391,039100%
9Flathead H SMT42,9762,95299.2%
10Havre ElemMT41,2991,28899.2%
11Columbia Falls ElemMT31,5051,48298.5%
12Lockwood K-12MT41,5801,52896.7%
13Butte ElemMT72,9292,63590.0%
14Laurel ElemMT41,15778667.9%
15Cut Bank ElemMT753430964.0%
16Polson ElemMT31,07567763.0%
17Libby K-12 SchoolsMT31,12770162.2%
18Great Falls ElemMT187,0944,09157.7%
19Miles City ElemMT592646650.3%
20Hamilton K-12 SchoolsMT61,63181550.0%
21Billings ElemMT2911,3775,58349.1%
22Glendive ElemMT375336848.9%
23Glasgow K-12 SchoolsMT377837047.6%
24Great Falls H SMT22,9601,40747.5%
25Stevensville ElemMT266331447.4%
26Lewistown ElemMT481538347.0%
27Huntley Project K-12 SchoolsMT375134445.8%
28Missoula ElemMT145,2932,42045.7%
29Livingston ElemMT377735245.3%
30Dillon ElemMT275633644.4%
31Corvallis K-12 SchoolsMT81,51764942.8%
32East Helena K-12MT71,97279240.2%
33Townsend K-12 SchoolsMT373328839.3%
34Billings H SMT65,4442,13139.1%
35Belgrade ElemMT42,26987838.7%
36Helena ElemMT155,1001,95938.4%
37Sidney ElemMT387933638.2%
38Hellgate ElemMT41,46452736.0%
39Missoula H SMT53,9591,41635.8%
40Frenchtown K-12 SchoolsMT51,31446835.6%
41Somers ElemMT253418935.4%
42Target Range ElemMT254418433.8%
43Three Forks ElemMT254318333.7%
44West Valley ElemMT280626633.0%
45Florence-Carlton K-12 SchlsMT371822230.9%
46Shepherd ElemMT252215930.5%
47Helena H SMT42,37371430.1%
48Whitefish ElemMT21,31836627.8%
49Bigfork ElemMT257916027.6%
50Lolo ElemMT253214427.1%

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