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The most racially diverse public elementary schools in Montana

Across Montana, 160 public elementary schools are ranked here, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Longfellow School leads the list at 72.0%, against a median of 28.9% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

160

Montana

Top Diversity index

72.0%

Median Diversity index

28.9%

MOST DIVERSE · MONTANA

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Longfellow School	Great Falls, MT	263	72.0%	40.7%(107)	1.1%(3)	17.1%(45)	0.4%(1)
2	Orchard School	Billings, MT	340	70.7%	43.5%(148)	2.1%(7)	22.4%(76)	0.3%(1)
3	Pablo Elementary	Pablo, MT	229	67.9%	24.4%(56)	0.0%(0)	10.9%(25)	0.0%(0)
4	H C Davis Elementary	Cut Bank, MT	209	67.2%	40.7%(85)	0.0%(0)	6.2%(13)	0.0%(0)
5	Washington School	Billings, MT	208	66.8%	50.0%	4.3%	15.9%	0.0%
6	Arlee Elementary	Arlee, MT	206	65.6%	26.7%(55)	0.0%(0)	4.8%(10)	0.0%(0)
7	McKinley School	Billings, MT	339	65.3%	52.8%(179)	1.5%(5)	12.1%(41)	1.5%(5)
8	Ponderosa School	Billings, MT	277	65.0%	52.4%(145)	3.3%(9)	18.8%(52)	0.4%(1)
9	Pine Butte Elementary Sch	Colstrip, MT	217	63.9%	46.5%(101)	0.9%(2)	11.5%(25)	0.5%(1)
10	Newman School	Billings, MT	249	63.3%	54.6%(136)	2.4%(6)	17.3%(43)	0.4%(1)
11	K William Harvey Elem	Ronan, MT	378	62.9%	33.6%(127)	0.8%(3)	5.6%(21)	0.0%(0)
12	St Ignatius Elementary School	St Ignatius, MT	210	61.7%	42.4%(89)	0.0%(0)	2.9%(6)	0.0%(0)
13	Bench School	Billings, MT	332	61.5%	56.6%(188)	0.9%(3)	11.1%(37)	0.3%(1)
14	Sunnyside School	Great Falls, MT	396	61.5%	57.1%(226)	1.5%(6)	13.6%(54)	1.3%(5)
15	Broadwater School	Billings, MT	400	59.3%	59.8%(239)	2.3%(9)	16.5%(66)	0.5%(2)
16	Big Sky Elementary	Billings, MT	373	58.8%	60.9%(227)	3.2%(12)	13.7%(51)	1.6%(6)
17	Loy School	Great Falls, MT	392	57.6%	61.2%(240)	6.9%(27)	17.6%(69)	1.8%(7)
18	Miles Avenue School	Billings, MT	325	57.0%	62.1%(202)	2.5%(8)	14.5%(47)	0.3%(1)
19	Mountain View School	Great Falls, MT	315	56.6%	61.9%(195)	0.6%(2)	6.3%(20)	0.6%(2)
20	Lincoln-McKinley School	Havre, MT	266	56.0%	61.3%(163)	0.8%(2)	5.6%(15)	0.8%(2)
21	Central Heights School	Billings, MT	285	55.3%	62.8%(179)	0.3%(1)	19.3%(55)	0.3%(1)
22	Linderman School	Polson, MT	355	53.6%	56.9%(202)	1.1%(4)	3.7%(13)	0.3%(1)
23	CORE School at Morningside El	Great Falls, MT	297	51.8%	66.7%(198)	1.4%(4)	12.1%(36)	1.0%(3)
24	Highland Park School	Havre, MT	288	51.4%	66.7%(192)	0.3%(1)	6.6%(19)	0.3%(1)
25	Cherry Valley School	Polson, MT	243	51.2%	62.5%(152)	0.4%(1)	2.5%(6)	0.4%(1)
26	Hyalite Elementary	Bozeman, MT	521	51.0%	64.1%(334)	0.8%(4)	27.6%(144)	1.9%(10)
27	Hardin Intermediate	Hardin, MT	290	51.0%	22.4%(65)	0.3%(1)	6.2%(18)	0.3%(1)
28	Shelby Elementary School	Shelby, MT	262	50.9%	67.6%(177)	0.4%(1)	12.2%(32)	1.1%(3)
29	Morningside School	Great Falls, MT	204	50.8%	67.7%	0.5%	9.3%	0.5%
30	Rose Park School	Billings, MT	277	50.7%	68.2%(189)	3.3%(9)	12.6%(35)	1.1%(3)
31	Beartooth School	Billings, MT	373	49.6%	68.6%(256)	0.5%(2)	10.7%(40)	0.3%(1)
32	Kennedy School	Butte, MT	219	49.5%	69.0%(151)	0.5%(1)	12.3%(27)	2.3%(5)
33	Hardin Primary	Hardin, MT	287	49.0%	20.9%(60)	0.3%(1)	4.9%(14)	2.4%(7)
34	Sandstone School	Billings, MT	393	48.0%	70.2%(276)	1.5%(6)	12.0%(47)	0.3%(1)
35	Burlington School	Billings, MT	257	47.6%	70.8%(182)	0.8%(2)	10.1%(26)	1.9%(5)
36	Bitterroot School	Billings, MT	264	47.6%	70.1%(185)	0.4%(1)	13.3%(35)	0.4%(1)
37	West Elementary	Great Falls, MT	421	47.4%	70.3%(296)	0.0%(0)	7.8%(33)	0.2%(1)
38	Sunnyside School	Havre, MT	354	46.8%	70.1%(248)	0.6%(2)	5.9%(21)	0.0%(0)
39	Bryant School	Helena, MT	288	46.4%	70.8%(204)	1.4%(4)	16.7%(48)	0.3%(1)
40	Giant Springs Elementary	Great Falls, MT	431	46.4%	71.5%(308)	1.6%(7)	7.7%(33)	0.2%(1)
41	Highland School	Billings, MT	249	46.3%	71.5%(178)	0.0%(0)	11.2%(28)	0.8%(2)
42	Franklin School	Missoula, MT	274	46.2%	71.9%(197)	4.4%(12)	11.7%(32)	1.8%(5)
43	Smith School	Helena, MT	217	45.4%	70.5%(153)	2.8%(6)	21.7%(47)	0.9%(2)
44	Valley View School	Great Falls, MT	312	45.2%	71.8%(224)	0.0%(0)	8.7%(27)	0.0%(0)
45	Saddle Peak Elementary	Belgrade, MT	416	44.6%	71.6%(298)	0.0%(0)	19.5%(81)	0.7%(3)
46	Chief Joseph School	Great Falls, MT	260	44.2%	73.1%(190)	1.1%(3)	8.8%(23)	0.0%(0)
47	Lincoln School	Great Falls, MT	373	44.0%	73.2%(273)	0.5%(2)	7.8%(29)	1.1%(4)
48	Lewis & Clark School	Great Falls, MT	338	43.9%	73.1%(247)	0.3%(1)	12.7%(43)	0.3%(1)
49	Lockwood Primary	Lockwood, MT	348	43.7%	73.3%(255)	0.3%(1)	12.6%(44)	0.0%(0)
50	Hellgate El Primary Grades	Missoula, MT	316	43.3%	74.0%(234)	1.3%(4)	7.9%(25)	3.8%(12)

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