Chronic Absenteeism in Montana

Reviewed by PlainSchools Editorial, K12 Schools Editorial Team · June 4, 2026

Top 100 schools ranked by chronic absenteeism rate. 100 schools have critical rates above 50%.

71.9%

State Average

national: 30.9%

100

Critical Schools

>50% absent

100.0%

Worst Rate

Browning Middle School

100

Schools

#	School	City	Enrollment	Absent %	Status
1	Browning Middle School	Browning	368	100.0%	Critical
2	Lame Deer School	Lame Deer	278	100.0%	Critical
3	Crow Agency School	Crow Agency	268	100.0%	Critical
4	Longfellow School	Great Falls	263	100.0%	Critical
5	Browning Elementary	Browning	258	100.0%	Critical
6	Lame Deer High School	Lame Deer	170	100.0%	Critical
7	Lodge Pole School	Hays	144	100.0%	Critical
8	Rocky Boy High School	Box Elder	125	100.0%	Critical
9	Poplar 7-8	Poplar	117	100.0%	Critical
10	Box Elder High School	Box Elder	86	100.0%	Critical
11	Hays-Lodge Pole High Sch	Hays	84	100.0%	Critical
12	Lame Deer 7-8	Lame Deer	75	100.0%	Critical
13	Rocky Boy 7-8	Box Elder	73	100.0%	Critical
14	Plenty Coups High School	Pryor	64	100.0%	Critical
15	Heart Butte Elementary	Heart Butte	60	100.0%	Critical
16	Lodge Grass 7-8	Lodge Grass	55	100.0%	Critical
17	Lodge Grass High School	Lodge Grass	174	97.7%	Critical
18	Hardin Middle School	Hardin	359	95.8%	Critical
19	Browning High School	Browning	633	94.8%	Critical
20	Box Elder 7-8	Box Elder	66	93.9%	Critical
21	Kw-Vc Elementary	Browning	328	90.5%	Critical
22	Whittier School	Great Falls	187	88.2%	Critical
23	Box Elder School	Box Elder	232	86.2%	Critical
24	Mountain View School	Great Falls	315	81.9%	Critical
25	Stevensville High School	Stevensville	347	81.0%	Critical
26	Napi School	Browning	278	79.9%	Critical
27	Pablo Elementary	Pablo	229	79.5%	Critical
28	Hardin High School	Hardin	515	79.0%	Critical
29	Victor High School	Victor	74	77.0%	Critical
30	K William Harvey Elem	Ronan	378	74.3%	Critical
31	Poplar 5-6 School	Poplar	124	74.2%	Critical
32	Hardin Primary	Hardin	287	73.9%	Critical
33	Cherry Valley School	Polson	243	73.7%	Critical
34	Ashland School	Ashland	71	73.2%	Critical
35	Riverside Middle School	Billings	436	72.9%	Critical
36	Harlem High School	Harlem	175	72.6%	Critical
37	Southside School	Wolf Point	214	72.0%	Critical
38	Kennedy School	Butte	219	71.7%	Critical
39	Cut Bank Middle School	Cut Bank	145	71.7%	Critical
40	Polson Middle School	Polson	477	70.6%	Critical
41	Poplar High School	Poplar	275	69.8%	Critical
42	Swan River 6-8	Bigfork	52	69.2%	Critical
43	Ronan Middle School	Ronan	432	68.5%	Critical
44	Wolf Point 7-8	Wolf Point	108	68.5%	Critical
45	Harlem 7-8	Harlem	104	68.3%	Critical
46	Ronan High School	Ronan	376	68.1%	Critical
47	Washington School	Billings	246	67.9%	Critical
48	Conrad High School	Conrad	126	67.5%	Critical
49	Poplar School	Poplar	329	66.6%	Critical
50	Harlem Elementary School	Harlem	350	66.3%	Critical
51	Seeley-Swan High School	Seeley Lake	85	65.9%	Critical
52	Wolf Point High School	Wolf Point	200	65.5%	Critical
53	Central School	Helena	242	65.3%	Critical
54	Arlee High School	Arlee	135	65.2%	Critical
55	Cut Bank High School	Cut Bank	183	65.0%	Critical
56	Broadwater School	Helena	207	64.7%	Critical
57	Somers Middle School	Somers	231	64.1%	Critical
58	Whitehall Elementary	Whitehall	192	64.1%	Critical
59	C M Russell High School	Great Falls	1,412	63.9%	Critical
60	East Helena High School	East Helena	563	63.8%	Critical
61	Twin Bridges School	Twin Bridges	90	63.3%	Critical
62	Arlee 7-8	Arlee	57	63.2%	Critical
63	East Middle School	Great Falls	764	62.4%	Critical
64	Big Sky High School	Missoula	1,148	62.3%	Critical
65	Hellgate High School	Missoula	1,262	62.0%	Critical
66	Great Falls High School	Great Falls	1,548	61.9%	Critical
67	Polson High School	Polson	517	61.5%	Critical
68	Ponderosa School	Billings	277	61.0%	Critical
69	Bonner 6-8	Bonner	100	61.0%	Critical
70	Stevensville 7-8	Stevensville	145	60.7%	Critical
71	Belgrade High School	Belgrade	958	60.6%	Critical
72	Culbertson School	Culbertson	124	60.5%	Critical
73	Utterback 7-8	Conrad	81	60.5%	Critical
74	Swan River School	Bigfork	106	60.4%	Critical
75	Townsend 7-8	Townsend	114	59.6%	Critical
76	Rocky Boy School	Box Elder	348	58.9%	Critical
77	Frenchtown High School	Frenchtown	364	58.5%	Critical
78	Potomac School	Bonner	60	58.3%	Critical
79	C R Anderson Middle Schl	Helena	962	58.2%	Critical
80	Northside School	Wolf Point	158	58.2%	Critical
81	St Ignatius High School	St Ignatius	121	57.9%	Critical
82	Billings Sr High School	Billings	1,629	57.7%	Critical
83	Superior High School	Superior	96	57.3%	Critical
84	St Ignatius Elementary School	St Ignatius	210	57.1%	Critical
85	Darby High School	Darby	116	56.9%	Critical
86	Corvallis High School	Corvallis	406	56.7%	Critical
87	Porter Middle School	Missoula	579	56.5%	Critical
88	Noxon School	Noxon	62	56.5%	Critical
89	Rossiter School	Helena	369	56.4%	Critical
90	Meadow Hill Middle School	Missoula	414	55.8%	Critical
91	Arlee Elementary	Arlee	206	55.8%	Critical
92	Bench School	Billings	332	55.7%	Critical
93	Sentinel High School	Missoula	1,365	55.6%	Critical
94	Smith School	Helena	217	55.3%	Critical
95	St Regis School	St Regis	105	55.2%	Critical
96	Butte High School	Butte	1,266	54.9%	Critical
97	Kircher School	Miles City	51	54.9%	Critical
98	Lone Rock Middle School	Stevensville	62	54.8%	Critical
99	Central Heights School	Billings	285	54.7%	Critical
100	Valley View School	Great Falls	312	54.2%	Critical

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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 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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