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The fastest-growing public elementary schools in Montana

Across Montana, 48 public elementary schools are ranked here, ranked by enrollment growth between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Meadowlark School leads the list at 40.2%, against a median of 9.8% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

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Top Enrollment growth

40.2%

Median Enrollment growth

9.8%

FASTEST GROWING · MONTANA

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Meadowlark School	Billings, MT	Billings Elem	493	691	40.2%
2	Sunnyside School	Havre, MT	Havre Elem	268	354	32.1%
3	Daly School	Hamilton, MT	Hamilton K-12 Schools	415	539	29.9%
4	McKinley School	Billings, MT	Billings Elem	263	339	28.9%
5	Bryant School	Helena, MT	Helena Elem	230	288	25.2%
6	Lowell School	Missoula, MT	Missoula Elem	287	354	23.3%
7	Helena Flats School	Kalispell, MT	Helena Flats Elem	206	253	22.8%
8	Miles Avenue School	Billings, MT	Billings Elem	267	325	21.7%
9	Eureka Elementary School	Eureka, MT	Eureka Elem	227	274	20.7%
10	Cecelia Hazelton School	Townsend, MT	Townsend K-12 Schools	352	423	20.2%
11	Ennis School	Ennis, MT	Ennis K-12 Schools	204	244	19.6%
12	Eagle Cliffs Elementary	Billings, MT	Billings Elem	374	443	18.4%
13	Elder Grove School	Billings, MT	Elder Grove Elem	397	465	17.1%
14	Boulder School	Billings, MT	Billings Elem	428	495	15.7%
15	Three Forks Elem School	Three Forks, MT	Three Forks Elem	313	361	15.3%
16	Hyalite Elementary	Bozeman, MT	Bozeman Elem	455	521	14.5%
17	Burlington School	Billings, MT	Billings Elem	227	257	13.2%
18	Elysian School	Billings, MT	Elysian Elem	267	302	13.1%
19	Hawthorne School	Missoula, MT	Missoula Elem	371	417	12.4%
20	Monforton School	Bozeman, MT	Monforton Elem	226	254	12.4%
21	Newman School	Billings, MT	Billings Elem	222	249	12.2%
22	Jim Darcy School	Helena, MT	Helena Elem	425	473	11.3%
23	Emily Dickinson School	Bozeman, MT	Bozeman Elem	478	531	11.1%
24	Shelby Elementary School	Shelby, MT	Shelby Elem	236	262	11.0%
25	Rose Park School	Billings, MT	Billings Elem	255	277	8.6%
26	Thompson Falls Elem Schl	Thompson Falls, MT	Thompson Falls Elem	222	240	8.1%
27	West Elementary School	Butte, MT	Butte Elem	468	503	7.5%
28	Broadwater School	Billings, MT	Billings Elem	373	400	7.2%
29	Central Heights School	Billings, MT	Billings Elem	267	285	6.7%
30	Malta K-5	Malta, MT	Malta K-12 Schools	231	246	6.5%
31	Pablo Elementary	Pablo, MT	Ronan Elem	215	229	6.5%
32	Ruder Elementary	Columbia Falls, MT	Columbia Falls Elem	458	487	6.3%
33	West Valley School	Kalispell, MT	West Valley Elem	412	434	5.3%
34	Hillcrest School	Butte, MT	Butte Elem	395	412	4.3%
35	Harlem Elementary School	Harlem, MT	Harlem Elem	337	350	3.9%
36	Meadow Lark School	Great Falls, MT	Great Falls Elem	510	527	3.3%
37	O D Speer School	Deer Lodge, MT	Deer Lodge Elem	327	337	3.1%
38	Ponderosa School	Billings, MT	Billings Elem	269	277	3.0%
39	Parkview School	Dillon, MT	Dillon Elem	486	497	2.3%
40	Huntley Project Elem K-6	Worden, MT	Huntley Project K-12 Schools	403	410	1.7%
41	Montana City School	Clancy, MT	Montana City Elem	308	313	1.6%
42	Clancy School	Clancy, MT	Clancy Elem	281	285	1.4%
43	Loy School	Great Falls, MT	Great Falls Elem	388	392	1.0%
44	Roundup Elementary	Roundup, MT	Roundup Elem	296	298	0.7%
45	Central School	Helena, MT	Helena Elem	241	242	0.4%
46	Franklin School	Missoula, MT	Missoula Elem	273	274	0.4%
47	Russell School	Missoula, MT	Missoula Elem	374	375	0.3%
48	Stevensville K-6	Stevensville, MT	Stevensville Elem	517	518	0.2%

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