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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each Montana secondary school district

Secondary school districts Number of people in state prison from each school district, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
Absarokee High School 1 2,005 2,006 50
Anaconda High School 11 9,249 9,260 119
Arlee High School 7 2,893 2,900 241
Augusta High School 0 932 932 0
Beaverhead County High School 3 8,976 8,979 33
Belgrade High School 15 25,212 25,227 59
Belt High School 1 2,121 2,122 47
Bigfork High School 5 8,857 8,862 56
Billings High School 272 134,485 134,540 202
Box Elder High School 3 599 602 498
Bozeman High School 30 79,381 79,411 38
Broadview High School 1 961 962 104
Brockton High School 0 631 631 0
Browning High School 3 9,196 9,199 33
Butte High School 100 35,103 35,203 284
Carter County High School 0 1,433 1,433 0
Cascade High School 2 2,895 2,897 69
Centerville High School 0 1,511 1,511 0
Charlo High School 7 2,219 2,226 314
Chester‑Joplin‑Inverness High School 1 2,181 2,182 46
Chinook High School 2 2,271 2,273 88
Choteau High School 0 3,074 3,074 0
Circle High School 1 1,775 1,776 56
Colstrip High School 1 2,349 2,350 43
Columbia Falls High School 16 16,427 16,443 97
Columbus High School 4 4,145 4,149 96
Conrad High School 2 3,419 3,421 58
Culbertson High School 0 1,108 1,108 0
Custer County High School 28 12,131 12,077 232
Cut Bank High School 4 4,637 4,641 86
Dawson High School 8 8,582 8,451 95
Denton High School 0 617 617 0
Drummond High School 1 1,375 1,376 73
Fairfield High School 2 1,957 1,959 102
Fairview High School 0 1,695 1,695 0
Fergus High School 11 8,907 8,918 123
Flathead High School 57 65,909 65,966 86
Forsyth High School 2 2,332 2,334 86
Fort Benton High School 0 2,350 2,350 0
Frazer High School 0 833 833 0
Froid High School 0 522 522 0
Gardiner High School 1 1,380 1,381 72
Garfield County High School 1 1,193 1,194 84
Grass Range High School 0 753 753 0
Great Falls High School 184 74,674 74,708 246
Hardin High School 8 8,583 8,591 93
Harlem High School 4 2,898 2,902 138
Havre High School 15 12,528 12,543 120
Helena High School 134 58,844 58,978 227
Hinsdale High School 0 517 517 0
Jefferson High School 7 8,691 8,673 81
Joliet High School 1 2,803 2,804 36
Judith Gap High School 0 276 276 0
Lambert High School 1 461 462 216
Lame Deer High School 3 4,985 4,988 60
Laurel High School 8 11,909 11,917 67
Lincoln County High School 4 6,549 6,553 61
Lodge Grass High School 0 2,177 2,177 0
Manhattan High School 1 5,534 5,535 18
Melstone High School 0 329 329 0
Missoula High School 140 109,053 109,193 128
Moore High School 0 704 704 0
North Star High School 0 1,096 1,096 0
Noxon High School 2 2,551 2,553 78
Park City High School 1 2,153 2,154 46
Park High School 6 14,350 14,356 42
Plenty Coups High School 1 739 740 135
Polson High School 14 12,679 12,693 110
Poplar High School 0 3,463 3,463 0
Powder River County District High School 1 1,728 1,729 58
Powell County High School 11 7,279 5,666 194
Power High School 0 708 708 0
Rapelje High School 0 315 315 0
Red Lodge High School 1 4,207 4,208 24
Reed Point High School 0 422 422 0
Richey High School 0 490 490 0
Rocky Boy High School 3 3,371 3,374 89
Ronan High School 25 8,931 8,956 279
Roundup High School 6 4,509 4,515 133
Saco High School 0 519 519 0
Savage High School 0 640 640 0
Shelby High School 4 3,910 3,313 121
Shepherd High School 10 5,129 5,139 195
Sheridan High School 1 2,067 2,068 48
Shields Valley High School 2 1,489 1,491 134
Sidney High School 9 8,717 8,726 103
Simms High School 4 3,346 3,350 119
Stevensville High School 4 12,099 12,103 33
Sweet Grass High School 2 3,618 3,620 55
Thompson Falls High School 2 4,273 4,275 47
Three Forks High School 5 4,447 4,452 112
Troy High School 2 3,740 3,742 53
Turner High School 0 471 471 0
Valier High School 1 1,356 1,357 74
Whitefish High School 5 15,776 15,781 32
Whitehall High School 2 4,018 4,020 50
Willow Creek High School 0 332 332 0
Wolf Point High School 3 4,598 4,601 65

Sources and methodology

secondary school districts
This is the public secondary school district in Montana as updated in 2022.
Number of people in state prison from each secondary school district, 2020
This is the number of people from each school district in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the school district as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the school district as reflected in the 2020 Census plus the imprisoned population.
Imprisonment rate per 100,000
This is the number of imprisoned people divided by the total population and then multiplied by 100,000. It allows ready comparison of the frequency of imprisonment between each school district of different population sizes.


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