Montana · NCES CCD 2024-25
Largest Schools in Montana The 50 largest public schools in Montana, ranked by total student enrollment from NCES CCD 2024-25.
Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools . · Updated August 2026
2,115 Largest school
893 Avg across top 50
50 Schools listed The ranking in one line
Billings West High School in Billings is Montana's largest public school with 2,115 students enrolled.
2,115 students at Billings West High School
15.3:1 student-teacher ratio at the largest school
893 average across the top 50 # School Student:Teacher Level District Enrollment 1 Billings West High School Billings 15.3:1 High Billings H S 2,115 2 Billings Sr High School Billings 16.3:1 High Billings H S 1,629 3 Great Falls High School Great Falls 14.9:1 High Great Falls H S 1,548 4 Skyview High School Billings 18.6:1 High Billings H S 1,542 5 Flathead High School Kalispell 13.3:1 High Flathead H S 1,541 6 Gallatin High School Bozeman 18:1 High Bozeman H S 1,442 7 C M Russell High School Great Falls 15.7:1 High Great Falls H S 1,412 8 Glacier High School Kalispell 17.7:1 High Flathead H S 1,402 9 Sentinel High School Missoula 16.3:1 High Missoula H S 1,365 10 Capital High School Helena 14.7:1 High Helena H S 1,293 11 Bozeman High School Bozeman 15.8:1 High Bozeman H S 1,279 12 Butte High School Butte 17.1:1 High Butte H S 1,266 13 Hellgate High School Missoula 13.7:1 High Missoula H S 1,262 14 Big Sky High School Missoula 13.5:1 High Missoula H S 1,148 15 Kalispell Middle School Kalispell 14.6:1 Middle Kalispell Elem 1,049 16 Helena High School Helena 12.2:1 High Helena H S 979 17 Belgrade Middle School Belgrade 14.2:1 Elementary Belgrade Elem 978 18 C R Anderson Middle Schl Helena 15.8:1 Middle Helena Elem 962 19 Belgrade High School Belgrade 14.3:1 High Belgrade H S 958 20 Sacajawea Middle School Bozeman 15.5:1 Middle Bozeman Elem 807 21 East Middle School Great Falls 13.9:1 Middle Great Falls Elem 764 22 North Middle School Great Falls 15:1 Middle Great Falls Elem 764 23 Chief Joseph Middle School Bozeman 14.4:1 Middle Bozeman Elem 751 24 Lewis & Clark Middle School Billings 16.1:1 Middle Billings Elem 741 25 Ben Steele Middle School Billings 17.2:1 Middle Billings Elem 740 26 Helena Middle School Helena 16.3:1 Middle Helena Elem 701 27 Meadowlark School Billings 19.2:1 Other Billings Elem 691 28 Castle Rock Middle School Billings 17.7:1 Middle Billings Elem 691 29 Columbia Falls High Schl Columbia Falls 15.7:1 High Columbia Falls H S 691 30 Washington Middle School Missoula 15.9:1 Middle Missoula Elem 669 31 East Middle School Butte 14.8:1 Middle Butte Elem 664 32 L a Muldown School Whitefish 13.5:1 Other Whitefish Elem 661 33 Whitefish Middle 5-8 Whitefish 15.6:1 Elementary Whitefish Elem 657 34 Will James Middle School Billings 17.1:1 Middle Billings Elem 634 35 Browning High School Browning 17.1:1 High Browning H S 633 36 Whitefish High School Whitefish 14.7:1 High Whitefish H S 618 37 Libby Elementary School Libby 13.9:1 Other Libby K-12 Schools 582 38 Porter Middle School Missoula 15.2:1 Middle Missoula Elem 579 39 Laurel High School Laurel 14.4:1 High Laurel H S 578 40 East Helena High School East Helena 18.2:1 High East Helena K-12 563 41 Lockwood High School Lockwood 16.7:1 High Lockwood K-12 552 42 Columbia Falls Jr Hs Columbia Falls 14.8:1 Middle Columbia Falls Elem 547 43 Daly School Hamilton 13.1:1 Elementary Hamilton K-12 Schools 539 44 Emily Dickinson School Bozeman 16.1:1 Other Bozeman Elem 531 45 Meadow Lark School Great Falls 22:1 Other Great Falls Elem 527 46 Hyalite Elementary Bozeman 15.3:1 Other Bozeman Elem 521 47 Havre High School Havre 16.8:1 High Havre H S 521 48 Stevensville K-6 Stevensville 16.2:1 Other Stevensville Elem 518 49 Medicine Crow Middle School Billings 14.8:1 Middle Billings Elem 517 50 Hellgate El Intermediate Missoula 19.9:1 Elementary Hellgate Elem 517
Methodology
Enrollment data comes from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 school year.
Schools are ranked by total student enrollment. Student-teacher ratios are calculated
from full-time equivalent (FTE) teacher counts reported by each school.
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