Montana · EDFacts 2021-22
Chronic Absenteeism in Montana
The 100 schools with the highest chronic absenteeism rates in Montana, ranked by the share of students missing 15 or more school days a year.
- 97.7%
- Highest rate
- 100
- Schools above 50%
- 100
- Schools ranked
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The 100 Montana schools listed here average 64.4% chronic absenteeism, against a national school average of 29.5%, and 100 of them sit above the 50% critical line.
- 64.4%
- average across these 100 schools
- 29.5%
- national school average
- 97.7%
- highest rate (Lodge Grass High School)
- 100
- schools above 50%
| # | School | Absent % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lodge Grass High School Lodge Grass | 97.7% |
| 2 | Hardin Middle School Hardin | 95.8% |
| 3 | Browning High School Browning | 94.8% |
| 4 | Box Elder 7-8 Box Elder | 93.9% |
| 5 | Kw-Vc Elementary Browning | 90.5% |
| 6 | Whittier School Great Falls | 88.2% |
| 7 | Box Elder School Box Elder | 86.2% |
| 8 | Mountain View School Great Falls | 81.9% |
| 9 | Stevensville High School Stevensville | 81.0% |
| 10 | Napi School Browning | 79.9% |
| 11 | Pablo Elementary Pablo | 79.5% |
| 12 | Hardin High School Hardin | 79.0% |
| 13 | Victor High School Victor | 77.0% |
| 14 | K William Harvey Elem Ronan | 74.3% |
| 15 | Poplar 5-6 School Poplar | 74.2% |
| 16 | Hardin Primary Hardin | 73.9% |
| 17 | Cherry Valley School Polson | 73.7% |
| 18 | Ashland School Ashland | 73.2% |
| 19 | Riverside Middle School Billings | 72.9% |
| 20 | Harlem High School Harlem | 72.6% |
| 21 | Southside School Wolf Point | 72.0% |
| 22 | Kennedy School Butte | 71.7% |
| 23 | Cut Bank Middle School Cut Bank | 71.7% |
| 24 | Polson Middle School Polson | 70.6% |
| 25 | Poplar High School Poplar | 69.8% |
| 26 | Swan River 6-8 Bigfork | 69.2% |
| 27 | Ronan Middle School Ronan | 68.5% |
| 28 | Wolf Point 7-8 Wolf Point | 68.5% |
| 29 | Harlem 7-8 Harlem | 68.3% |
| 30 | Ronan High School Ronan | 68.1% |
| 31 | Washington School Billings | 67.9% |
| 32 | Conrad High School Conrad | 67.5% |
| 33 | Poplar School Poplar | 66.6% |
| 34 | Harlem Elementary School Harlem | 66.3% |
| 35 | Seeley-Swan High School Seeley Lake | 65.9% |
| 36 | Wolf Point High School Wolf Point | 65.5% |
| 37 | Central School Helena | 65.3% |
| 38 | Arlee High School Arlee | 65.2% |
| 39 | Cut Bank High School Cut Bank | 65.0% |
| 40 | Broadwater School Helena | 64.7% |
| 41 | Somers Middle School Somers | 64.1% |
| 42 | Whitehall Elementary Whitehall | 64.1% |
| 43 | C M Russell High School Great Falls | 63.9% |
| 44 | East Helena High School East Helena | 63.8% |
| 45 | Twin Bridges School Twin Bridges | 63.3% |
| 46 | Arlee 7-8 Arlee | 63.2% |
| 47 | East Middle School Great Falls | 62.4% |
| 48 | Big Sky High School Missoula | 62.3% |
| 49 | Hellgate High School Missoula | 62.0% |
| 50 | Great Falls High School Great Falls | 61.9% |
| 51 | Polson High School Polson | 61.5% |
| 52 | Ponderosa School Billings | 61.0% |
| 53 | Bonner 6-8 Bonner | 61.0% |
| 54 | Stevensville 7-8 Stevensville | 60.7% |
| 55 | Belgrade High School Belgrade | 60.6% |
| 56 | Culbertson School Culbertson | 60.5% |
| 57 | Utterback 7-8 Conrad | 60.5% |
| 58 | Swan River School Bigfork | 60.4% |
| 59 | Townsend 7-8 Townsend | 59.6% |
| 60 | Rocky Boy School Box Elder | 58.9% |
| 61 | Frenchtown High School Frenchtown | 58.5% |
| 62 | Potomac School Bonner | 58.3% |
| 63 | C R Anderson Middle Schl Helena | 58.2% |
| 64 | Northside School Wolf Point | 58.2% |
| 65 | St Ignatius High School St Ignatius | 57.9% |
| 66 | Billings Sr High School Billings | 57.7% |
| 67 | Superior High School Superior | 57.3% |
| 68 | St Ignatius Elementary School St Ignatius | 57.1% |
| 69 | Darby High School Darby | 56.9% |
| 70 | Corvallis High School Corvallis | 56.7% |
| 71 | Porter Middle School Missoula | 56.5% |
| 72 | Noxon School Noxon | 56.5% |
| 73 | Rossiter School Helena | 56.4% |
| 74 | Meadow Hill Middle School Missoula | 55.8% |
| 75 | Arlee Elementary Arlee | 55.8% |
| 76 | Bench School Billings | 55.7% |
| 77 | Sentinel High School Missoula | 55.6% |
| 78 | Smith School Helena | 55.3% |
| 79 | St Regis School St Regis | 55.2% |
| 80 | Butte High School Butte | 54.9% |
| 81 | Kircher School Miles City | 54.9% |
| 82 | Lone Rock Middle School Stevensville | 54.8% |
| 83 | Central Heights School Billings | 54.7% |
| 84 | Valley View School Great Falls | 54.2% |
| 85 | Eureka Middle School 5-8 Eureka | 53.9% |
| 86 | Skyview High School Billings | 53.8% |
| 87 | Vaughn School Vaughn | 53.8% |
| 88 | Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hs Chester | 53.7% |
| 89 | Granite High School Philipsburg | 53.6% |
| 90 | Linderman School Polson | 53.5% |
| 91 | W F Morrison School Troy | 53.2% |
| 92 | H C Davis Elementary Cut Bank | 53.1% |
| 93 | Evergreen Junior High Kalispell | 53.0% |
| 94 | Margaret Leary School Butte | 52.9% |
| 95 | Franklin School Missoula | 52.9% |
| 96 | Thompson Falls 7-8 Thompson Falls | 52.9% |
| 97 | Hardin Intermediate Hardin | 52.8% |
| 98 | Alberton School Alberton | 52.8% |
| 99 | East Middle School Butte | 52.6% |
| 100 | Lakeside Elementary School Lakeside | 52.5% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts, Chronic Absenteeism Data (SY 2021-22). Schools with fewer than 50 students excluded. Percentage = chronically absent students / total enrollment U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts, Chronic Absenteeism Data (SY 2021-22). Schools with fewer than 50 students excluded. Percentage = chronically absent students / total enrollment
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