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Number of people in prison in 2020 from each Montana Unified K-12 school district

Unified K-12 school districts Number of people in state prison from each school district, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
Alberton K-12 Schools 1 1,567 1,568 64
Bainville K-12 Schools 0 623 623 0
Baker K-12 Schools 2 2,622 2,624 76
Belfry K-12 Schools 1 636 637 157
Big Sandy K-12 0 1,582 1,582 0
Big Sky K-12 Schools 0 3,435 3,435 0
Bridger K-12 Schools 0 1,338 1,338 0
Corvallis K-12 Schools 2 8,622 8,624 23
Custer K-12 Schools 2 359 361 554
Darby K-12 Schools 0 4,004 4,004 0
Dodson K-12 Schools 0 408 408 0
Dutton/Brady K-12 Schools 0 1,067 1,067 0
East Helena K-12 29 11,615 11,644 249
Ennis K-12 Schools 0 4,520 4,520 0
Florence-Carlton K-12 Schools 3 6,273 6,276 48
Frenchtown K-12 Schools 7 7,686 7,693 91
Fromberg K-12 Schools 0 1,113 1,113 0
Geraldine K-12 0 638 638 0
Geyser K-12 0 421 421 0
Glasgow K-12 Schools 2 5,206 5,208 38
Hamilton K-12 Schools 4 12,141 12,145 33
Harlowton K-12 0 1,883 1,883 0
Harrison K-12 Schools 0 743 743 0
Hays-Lodge Pole K-12 Schools 0 1,583 1,583 0
Heart Butte K-12 Schools 0 795 795 0
Highwood K-12 0 553 553 0
Hobson K-12 Schools 1 768 769 130
Hot Springs K-12 2 1,550 1,552 129
Huntley Project K-12 Schools 2 5,155 5,157 39
Hysham K-12 Schools 0 884 884 0
Lavina K-12 Schools 0 515 515 0
Libby K-12 Schools 8 9,853 9,861 81
Lima K-12 Schools 1 500 501 200
Lincoln K-12 Schools 1 1,403 1,404 71
Lockwood K-12 17 8,823 8,840 192
Malta K-12 Schools 0 3,222 3,222 0
Medicine Lake K-12 Schools 0 772 772 0
Nashua K-12 Schools 0 949 949 0
Opheim K-12 Schools 0 325 325 0
Philipsburg K-12 School 2 2,446 2,448 82
Plains K-12 0 3,861 3,861 0
Plentywood K-12 Schools 0 2,459 2,459 0
Plevna K-12 Schools 0 514 514 0
Roberts K-12 Schools 0 1,127 1,127 0
Rosebud K-12 Schools 2 554 556 360
Roy K-12 Schools 0 293 293 0
Ryegate K-12 Schools 0 639 639 0
Scobey K-12 Schools 0 1,701 1,701 0
St. Ignatius K-12 Schools 6 3,756 3,762 159
St. Regis K-12 Schools 1 1,451 1,452 69
Stanford K-12 Schools 0 915 915 0
Sunburst K-12 Schools 0 1,244 1,244 0
Superior K-12 Schools 1 2,386 2,387 42
Terry K-12 Schools 1 1,376 1,377 73
Townsend K-12 Schools 6 5,834 5,840 103
Twin Bridges K-12 Schools 0 1,729 1,729 0
Victor K-12 Schools 3 3,868 3,871 78
West Yellowstone K‑12 Schools 0 1,932 1,932 0
Westby K-12 Schools 0 351 351 0
White Sulphur Springs K-12 4 2,007 2,011 199
Whitewater K-12 Schools 0 221 221 0
Wibaux K-12 Schools 1 1,022 1,023 98
Winifred K-12 Schools 0 579 579 0
Winnett K-12 Schools 0 693 693 0

Sources and methodology

Unified K-12 school districts
This is the K-12 public school district in Montana as updated in 2022.
Number of people in state prison from each school district, 2020
This is the number of people from each Unified 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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