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.

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

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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	Enrollment	Status	Absent %
1	Lodge Grass High SchoolLodge Grass	174	Critical	97.7%
2	Hardin Middle SchoolHardin	359	Critical	95.8%
3	Browning High SchoolBrowning	633	Critical	94.8%
4	Box Elder 7-8Box Elder	66	Critical	93.9%
5	Kw-Vc ElementaryBrowning	328	Critical	90.5%
6	Whittier SchoolGreat Falls	187	Critical	88.2%
7	Box Elder SchoolBox Elder	232	Critical	86.2%
8	Mountain View SchoolGreat Falls	315	Critical	81.9%
9	Stevensville High SchoolStevensville	347	Critical	81.0%
10	Napi SchoolBrowning	278	Critical	79.9%
11	Pablo ElementaryPablo	229	Critical	79.5%
12	Hardin High SchoolHardin	515	Critical	79.0%
13	Victor High SchoolVictor	74	Critical	77.0%
14	K William Harvey ElemRonan	378	Critical	74.3%
15	Poplar 5-6 SchoolPoplar	124	Critical	74.2%
16	Hardin PrimaryHardin	287	Critical	73.9%
17	Cherry Valley SchoolPolson	243	Critical	73.7%
18	Ashland SchoolAshland	71	Critical	73.2%
19	Riverside Middle SchoolBillings	436	Critical	72.9%
20	Harlem High SchoolHarlem	175	Critical	72.6%
21	Southside SchoolWolf Point	214	Critical	72.0%
22	Kennedy SchoolButte	219	Critical	71.7%
23	Cut Bank Middle SchoolCut Bank	145	Critical	71.7%
24	Polson Middle SchoolPolson	477	Critical	70.6%
25	Poplar High SchoolPoplar	275	Critical	69.8%
26	Swan River 6-8Bigfork	52	Critical	69.2%
27	Ronan Middle SchoolRonan	432	Critical	68.5%
28	Wolf Point 7-8Wolf Point	108	Critical	68.5%
29	Harlem 7-8Harlem	104	Critical	68.3%
30	Ronan High SchoolRonan	376	Critical	68.1%
31	Washington SchoolBillings	246	Critical	67.9%
32	Conrad High SchoolConrad	126	Critical	67.5%
33	Poplar SchoolPoplar	329	Critical	66.6%
34	Harlem Elementary SchoolHarlem	350	Critical	66.3%
35	Seeley-Swan High SchoolSeeley Lake	85	Critical	65.9%
36	Wolf Point High SchoolWolf Point	200	Critical	65.5%
37	Central SchoolHelena	242	Critical	65.3%
38	Arlee High SchoolArlee	135	Critical	65.2%
39	Cut Bank High SchoolCut Bank	183	Critical	65.0%
40	Broadwater SchoolHelena	207	Critical	64.7%
41	Somers Middle SchoolSomers	231	Critical	64.1%
42	Whitehall ElementaryWhitehall	192	Critical	64.1%
43	C M Russell High SchoolGreat Falls	1,412	Critical	63.9%
44	East Helena High SchoolEast Helena	563	Critical	63.8%
45	Twin Bridges SchoolTwin Bridges	90	Critical	63.3%
46	Arlee 7-8Arlee	57	Critical	63.2%
47	East Middle SchoolGreat Falls	764	Critical	62.4%
48	Big Sky High SchoolMissoula	1,148	Critical	62.3%
49	Hellgate High SchoolMissoula	1,262	Critical	62.0%
50	Great Falls High SchoolGreat Falls	1,548	Critical	61.9%
51	Polson High SchoolPolson	517	Critical	61.5%
52	Ponderosa SchoolBillings	277	Critical	61.0%
53	Bonner 6-8Bonner	100	Critical	61.0%
54	Stevensville 7-8Stevensville	145	Critical	60.7%
55	Belgrade High SchoolBelgrade	958	Critical	60.6%
56	Culbertson SchoolCulbertson	124	Critical	60.5%
57	Utterback 7-8Conrad	81	Critical	60.5%
58	Swan River SchoolBigfork	106	Critical	60.4%
59	Townsend 7-8Townsend	114	Critical	59.6%
60	Rocky Boy SchoolBox Elder	348	Critical	58.9%
61	Frenchtown High SchoolFrenchtown	364	Critical	58.5%
62	Potomac SchoolBonner	60	Critical	58.3%
63	C R Anderson Middle SchlHelena	962	Critical	58.2%
64	Northside SchoolWolf Point	158	Critical	58.2%
65	St Ignatius High SchoolSt Ignatius	121	Critical	57.9%
66	Billings Sr High SchoolBillings	1,629	Critical	57.7%
67	Superior High SchoolSuperior	96	Critical	57.3%
68	St Ignatius Elementary SchoolSt Ignatius	210	Critical	57.1%
69	Darby High SchoolDarby	116	Critical	56.9%
70	Corvallis High SchoolCorvallis	406	Critical	56.7%
71	Porter Middle SchoolMissoula	579	Critical	56.5%
72	Noxon SchoolNoxon	62	Critical	56.5%
73	Rossiter SchoolHelena	369	Critical	56.4%
74	Meadow Hill Middle SchoolMissoula	414	Critical	55.8%
75	Arlee ElementaryArlee	206	Critical	55.8%
76	Bench SchoolBillings	332	Critical	55.7%
77	Sentinel High SchoolMissoula	1,365	Critical	55.6%
78	Smith SchoolHelena	217	Critical	55.3%
79	St Regis SchoolSt Regis	105	Critical	55.2%
80	Butte High SchoolButte	1,266	Critical	54.9%
81	Kircher SchoolMiles City	51	Critical	54.9%
82	Lone Rock Middle SchoolStevensville	62	Critical	54.8%
83	Central Heights SchoolBillings	285	Critical	54.7%
84	Valley View SchoolGreat Falls	312	Critical	54.2%
85	Eureka Middle School 5-8Eureka	254	Critical	53.9%
86	Skyview High SchoolBillings	1,542	Critical	53.8%
87	Vaughn SchoolVaughn	93	Critical	53.8%
88	Chester-Joplin-Inverness HsChester	54	Critical	53.7%
89	Granite High SchoolPhilipsburg	56	Critical	53.6%
90	Linderman SchoolPolson	355	Critical	53.5%
91	W F Morrison SchoolTroy	158	Critical	53.2%
92	H C Davis ElementaryCut Bank	209	Critical	53.1%
93	Evergreen Junior HighKalispell	285	Critical	53.0%
94	Margaret Leary SchoolButte	359	Critical	52.9%
95	Franklin SchoolMissoula	274	Critical	52.9%
96	Thompson Falls 7-8Thompson Falls	68	Critical	52.9%
97	Hardin IntermediateHardin	290	Critical	52.8%
98	Alberton SchoolAlberton	89	Critical	52.8%
99	East Middle SchoolButte	664	Critical	52.6%
100	Lakeside Elementary SchoolLakeside	303	Critical	52.5%

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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

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