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The public high schools with the highest share of Black students in Montana

83 public high schools in Montana appear in this ranking of the public high schools with the highest share of Black students, ranked by the share of students who are Black or African American, from federal NCES enrollment data. Shepherd High School leads the list at 3.1%, against a median of 0.3% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Montana

Top % Black

3.1%

Median % Black

0.3%

MOST BLACK · MONTANA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black
1	Shepherd High School	Shepherd, MT	Shepherd H S	225	3.1%(7)
2	Big Sky High School	Missoula, MT	Missoula H S	1,148	2.1%(24)
3	Hellgate High School	Missoula, MT	Missoula H S	1,262	1.8%(23)
4	St Ignatius High School	St Ignatius, MT	St Ignatius K-12 Schools	121	1.6%(2)
5	Helena High School	Helena, MT	Helena H S	979	1.5%(15)
6	Beaverhead Co High School	Dillon, MT	Beaverhead County H S	339	1.5%(5)
7	Custer Co District High	Miles City, MT	Custer County H S	487	1.4%(7)
8	Sentinel High School	Missoula, MT	Missoula H S	1,365	1.2%(16)
9	Great Falls High School	Great Falls, MT	Great Falls H S	1,548	1.2%(18)
10	Stevensville High School	Stevensville, MT	Stevensville H S	347	1.1%(4)
11	Sidney High School	Sidney, MT	Sidney H S	355	1.1%(4)
12	C M Russell High School	Great Falls, MT	Great Falls H S	1,412	1.1%(15)
13	Capital High School	Helena, MT	Helena H S	1,293	1.0%(13)
14	Skyview High School	Billings, MT	Billings H S	1,542	1.0%(15)
15	Choteau High School	Choteau, MT	Choteau H S	109	0.9%(1)
16	Billings West High School	Billings, MT	Billings H S	2,115	0.9%(19)
17	Glacier High School	Kalispell, MT	Flathead H S	1,402	0.8%(11)
18	Polson High School	Polson, MT	Polson H S	517	0.8%(4)
19	Hamilton High School	Hamilton, MT	Hamilton K-12 Schools	460	0.7%(3)
20	Jefferson High School	Boulder, MT	Jefferson H S	306	0.7%(2)
21	Whitefish High School	Whitefish, MT	Whitefish H S	618	0.7%(4)
22	Roundup H S	Roundup, MT	Roundup High School	156	0.6%(1)
23	Butte High School	Butte, MT	Butte H S	1,266	0.6%(8)
24	Dawson High School	Glendive, MT	Dawson H S	318	0.6%(2)
25	Sweet Grass Co High Schl	Big Timber, MT	Sweet Grass County H S	161	0.6%(1)
26	Bigfork High School	Bigfork, MT	Bigfork H S	333	0.6%(2)
27	Red Lodge High School	Red Lodge, MT	Red Lodge H S	176	0.6%(1)
28	Bozeman High School	Bozeman, MT	Bozeman H S	1,279	0.6%(7)
29	Cut Bank High School	Cut Bank, MT	Cut Bank H S	183	0.6%(1)
30	Frenchtown High School	Frenchtown, MT	Frenchtown K-12 Schools	364	0.6%(2)
31	Powell County High School	Deer Lodge, MT	Powell County H S	181	0.6%(1)
32	Broadwater High School	Townsend, MT	Townsend K-12 Schools	196	0.5%(1)
33	Billings Sr High School	Billings, MT	Billings H S	1,629	0.5%(8)
34	Gallatin High School	Bozeman, MT	Bozeman H S	1,442	0.5%(7)
35	Park High School	Livingston, MT	Park H S	420	0.5%(2)
36	Glasgow High School	Glasgow, MT	Glasgow K-12 Schools	219	0.5%(1)
37	Huntley Project High Schl	Worden, MT	Huntley Project K-12 Schools	217	0.5%(1)
38	Columbus High School	Columbus, MT	Columbus H S	227	0.4%(1)
39	Manhattan H S	Manhattan, MT	Manhattan High School	241	0.4%(1)
40	Flathead High School	Kalispell, MT	Flathead H S	1,541	0.4%(6)
41	Laurel High School	Laurel, MT	Laurel H S	578	0.3%(2)
42	Fergus High School	Lewistown, MT	Fergus H S	347	0.3%(1)
43	Libby High School	Libby, MT	Libby K-12 Schools	363	0.3%(1)
44	Ronan High School	Ronan, MT	Ronan H S	376	0.3%(1)
45	Corvallis High School	Corvallis, MT	Corvallis K-12 Schools	406	0.3%(1)
46	Hardin High School	Hardin, MT	Hardin H S	515	0.2%(1)
47	Havre High School	Havre, MT	Havre H S	521	0.2%(1)
48	East Helena High School	East Helena, MT	East Helena K-12	563	0.2%(1)
49	Columbia Falls High Schl	Columbia Falls, MT	Columbia Falls H S	691	0.1%(1)
50	Lone Peak High School	Gallatin Gateway, MT	Big Sky School K-12	117	0.0%(0)

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Racial and ethnic enrollment shares are factual figures reported by each school to the federal government (NCES). This list describes the composition of student bodies and is not an evaluation or endorsement of any school.

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