Hellgate High School

Students in Missoula, Montana, attend Hellgate High School, a high-enrollment high school. Enrolled students number 1,262 students, in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 430% higher than the average for high schools in Montana, which is about 238.

Missoula H S oversees Hellgate High School and 4 other schools, with 3,959 students in total.

The student body at Hellgate High School is 85% White. Other groups make up 5% Hispanic, 4% Native American, 2% Asian, and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 87% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 28%, meaning two students picked at random have a 28% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

With 87.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Hellgate High School was 14.4:1. This ratio sits 3.1 above the 11.3:1 average for high schools in Montana. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 35%.

In the county around the school, Missoula County, the median household income is $75,598, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Missoula County is home to 47 public schools and about 14,099 public school students.

The closest other public school is Paxson School, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.

Federal data place Hellgate High School in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

Compared with 2020-21, the school had 52 more students in 2024-25.

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