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C M Russell High School
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 356 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 359 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 345 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 352 | 25% |
Test scores
EDFacts (federal) 2020-21 . % Proficient (SY 20-21)What this means: On the EDFacts (federal), Montana's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Montana schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36.
Schools most like C M Russell High School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| C M Russell High School this school | 1,412 | 39.9% | N/A |
| Sentinel High School Missoula | 1,365 | 33.1% | N/A |
| Billings West High School Billings | 2,115 | 30.1% | N/A |
| Capital High School Helena | 1,293 | 27.7% | N/A |
| Helena High School Helena | 979 | 31.4% | N/A |
| Great Falls High School Great Falls | 1,548 | 54.5% | N/A |
Where C M Russell High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Montana | In Cascade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #24 of 68 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #42 of 70 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,412 | #7 of 180 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #38 of 50 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.0% | #10 of 50 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.9% | #43 of 83 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.1% | #22 of 22 | N/A |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,412 | 86.5 | 16.3:1 | 40% (563) |
| 2023-24 | 1,452 | 86.3 | 16.8:1 | 38% (552) |
| 2022-23 | 1,454 | 90.8 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 1,426 | 90 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,411 | 85.8 | 16.4:1 | 34% (482) |
| 2015-16 | 1,483 | 91 | 16.3:1 | 30% (446) |
| 2010-11 | 1,528 | 101 | 15.1:1 | 20% (300) |
| 2000-01 | 1,803 | 111 | 16.2:1 | 14% (258) |
| 1990-91 | 1,646 | 76 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (1,411 to 1,412); teachers up 1% (85.8 to 86.5).
About C M Russell High School
C M Russell High School is a large high school in Montana, with an address in Great Falls. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 1,412 students. That is 493% bigger than the average of about 238 students for high schools in Montana.
Great Falls H S is responsible for 2 schools, C M Russell High School included, with 2,960 students in all.
At C M Russell High School, 78% of students are White. The remaining students are 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 5% Native American. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, C M Russell High School scores 38%.
C M Russell High School lists 86.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.3 students per teacher. The school's 16.3:1 compares with an average of 11.3:1 for high schools in Montana. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 40% of the student body. That is 14 points below the 54% average for public schools in Cascade County.
The school's county is Cascade County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $67,690 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Cascade County number 45, with about 11,577 students.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Riverview School, is the closest to C M Russell High School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of C M Russell High School.
NCES assigns C M Russell High School the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 1,412, starting from 1,426.
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