Best public high schools in Montana

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A class of high schoolers as viewed from the rear.
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- Location: Choteau, MT
- Enrollment: 107 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B
#30. Choteau High School
A student filling out a scantron form for a multiple choice test.
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- Location: Forsyth, MT
- Enrollment: 86 (10:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B
#29. Forsyth High School
A student talking to a teacher in the hallway.
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- Location: Helena High School District, MT
- Enrollment: 1,128 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B
#28. Helena High School
A student standing next to their backpack as seen from the knee down.
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- Location: Helena High School District, MT
- Enrollment: 1,350 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B
#27. Capital High School
Students walking down a hallway with their backs facing the camera.
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- Location: Billings High School District, MT
- Enrollment: 2,180 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B
#26. Billings West High School
A high school student doing a chemical experiment.
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- Location: Baker Public Schools, MT
- Enrollment: 132 (9:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B
#25. Baker High School
A high school student sitting at a desk writing on a piece of paper.
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- Location: Corvallis Public Schools, MT
- Enrollment: 476 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#24. Corvallis High School
A student raising their hand in class.
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- Location: Townsend Public Schools, MT
- Enrollment: 193 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#23. Broadwater High School
An empty school hallway lined with red lockers.
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- Location: Shelby, MT
- Enrollment: 112 (10:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#22. Shelby High School
A student solving a math equation on a whiteboard.
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- Location: Missoula High School District, MT
- Enrollment: 96 (10:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#21. Seeley-Swan High School
A row of empty desks with notebooks and pencils on them.
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- Location: Missoula High School District, MT
- Enrollment: 1,318 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#20. Sentinel High School
A hallway lined with green lockers.
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- Location: Billings High School District, MT
- Enrollment: 1,823 (18:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#19. Billings Senior High School
A side view of a person using a laptop in the school library.
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- Location: Geraldine Public Schools, MT
- Enrollment: 16 (3:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#18. Geraldine High School
An empty classroom as viewed from the back.
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- Location: Manhattan, MT
- Enrollment: 260 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#17. Manhattan High School
A pencil case full of pens, pencils, and highlighters spilling on a table.
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- Location: Chinook, MT
- Enrollment: 114 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#16. Chinook High School
A group of students walking down the hall with their backs facing the camera.
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- Location: Victor K-12 Schools, MT
- Enrollment: 74 (7:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#15. Victor High School
An overhead view of high school pupils in group study sitting around circular tables.
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- Location: Troy, MT
- Enrollment: 127 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#14. Troy High School
Students using microscopes in science class.
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- Location: Bozeman High School District, MT•
- Enrollment: 1,274 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#13. Gallatin High School
High school students studying and reading together in their school library.
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- Location: Frenchtown Public Schools, MT
- Enrollment: 490 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#12. Frenchtown High School
Students raising their hands for class participation.
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- Location: Fairfield, MT
- Enrollment: 121 (10:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#11. Fairfield High School
A stack of textbooks with pens on top of them next to an open notebook.
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- Location: Hamilton Public Schools, MT
- Enrollment: 543 (18:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#10. Hamilton High School
Two students sharing a book.
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- Location: Whitefish, MT
- Enrollment: 576 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#9. Whitefish High School
A high school student doing classwork on their laptop.
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- Location: Joliet, MT
- Enrollment: 129 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#8. Joliet High School
A teacher writing an equation on a blackboard using chalk.
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- Location: Red Lodge, MT
- Enrollment: 180 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#7. Red Lodge High School
Students' backpacks sitting on a hallway floor.
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- Location: Simms, MT
- Enrollment: 112 (10:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#6. Simms High School
Bookshelves at a high school's library.
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- Location: Flathead High School District, MT
- Enrollment: 1,430 (18:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#5. Glacier High School
A stack of spiral noteboooks in front of a wooden background.
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- Location: Missoula High School District, MT
- Enrollment: 1,263 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#4. Hellgate High School
Two rows of red lockers.
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- Location: Broadus, MT
- Enrollment: 78 (10:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#3. Powder River County District High School
Empty desks in a high school classroom.
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- Location: Ennis Public Schools, MT
- Enrollment: 124 (10:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#2. Ennis High School
A closeup of a student taking notes in class.
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- Location: Bozeman High School District, MT
- Enrollment: 1,228 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A

This story features data reporting and writing by Emma Rubin and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 50 states.

#1. Bozeman High School
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