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The fastest-declining public schools by enrollment in Yellowstone County, Montana

Across Yellowstone County, Montana, 24 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the steepest enrollment decline between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. West School leads the list at -46.2%, against a median of -12.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Yellowstone County, Montana

Best Enrollment change

-46.2%

Median Enrollment change

-12.4%

FASTEST DECLINING · YELLOWSTONE COUNTY, MONTANA

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	West School	Laurel, MT	Laurel Elem	461	248	-46.2%
2	Bitterroot School	Billings, MT	Billings Elem	369	264	-28.5%
3	Laurel Middle School	Laurel, MT	Laurel Elem	692	506	-26.9%
4	Medicine Crow Middle School	Billings, MT	Billings Elem	704	517	-26.6%
5	Poly Drive School	Billings, MT	Billings Elem	342	283	-17.3%
6	Riverside Middle School	Billings, MT	Billings Elem	520	436	-16.2%
7	Huntley Project High Schl	Worden, MT	Huntley Project K-12 Schools	259	217	-16.2%
8	Shepherd Middle School	Shepherd, MT	Shepherd Elem	213	180	-15.5%
9	Billings Sr High School	Billings, MT	Billings H S	1,924	1,629	-15.3%
10	Highland School	Billings, MT	Billings Elem	292	249	-14.7%
11	Bench School	Billings, MT	Billings Elem	385	332	-13.8%
12	Shepherd High School	Shepherd, MT	Shepherd H S	258	225	-12.8%
13	Fred W Graff School	Laurel, MT	Laurel Elem	278	245	-11.9%
14	Shepherd Elementary	Shepherd, MT	Shepherd Elem	378	342	-9.5%
15	Laurel High School	Laurel, MT	Laurel H S	635	578	-9.0%
16	Big Sky Elementary	Billings, MT	Billings Elem	407	373	-8.4%
17	Independent School	Billings, MT	Independent Elem	294	272	-7.5%
18	Orchard School	Billings, MT	Billings Elem	367	340	-7.4%
19	Alkali Creek School	Billings, MT	Billings Elem	334	310	-7.2%
20	Skyview High School	Billings, MT	Billings H S	1,611	1,542	-4.3%
21	Lewis & Clark Middle School	Billings, MT	Billings Elem	768	741	-3.5%
22	Beartooth School	Billings, MT	Billings Elem	385	373	-3.1%
23	Sandstone School	Billings, MT	Billings Elem	404	393	-2.7%
24	Ben Steele Middle School	Billings, MT	Billings Elem	745	740	-0.7%

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