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

Elementary school districts Number of people in state prison from each Elementary school district, 2020 Census population, 2020 Total population, 2020 Imprisonment rate per 100,000
Absarokee Elementary 1 1,601 1,602 62
Alder Elementary 0 352 352 0
Alzada Elementary 0 213 213 0
Amsterdam Elementary 0 2,051 2,051 0
Anaconda Elementary 11 9,117 9,128 121
Anderson Elementary 0 1,254 1,254 0
Arlee Elementary 7 2,893 2,900 241
Arrowhead Elementary 0 2,056 2,056 0
Ashland Elementary 2 1,274 1,276 157
Auchard Creek Elementary 0 17 17 0
Augusta Elementary 0 915 915 0
Avon Elementary 0 245 245 0
Ayers Elementary 0 57 57 0
Basin Elementary 1 228 229 437
Bear Paw Elementary 0 180 180 0
Belgrade Elementary 15 24,906 24,921 60
Belt Elementary 1 2,285 2,286 44
Benton Lake Elementary 0 94 94 0
Biddle Elementary 0 101 101 0
Big Timber Elementary 1 2,745 2,746 36
Bigfork Elementary 4 6,917 6,921 58
Billings Elementary 260 117,679 117,722 221
Birney Elementary 0 91 91 0
Bloomfield Elementary 0 114 114 0
Blue Creek Elementary 0 2,499 2,499 0
Bonner Elementary 3 3,118 3,121 96
Boulder Elementary 4 2,098 2,077 193
Box Elder Elementary 3 528 531 565
Bozeman Elementary 30 69,779 69,809 43
Broadus Elementary 1 1,286 1,287 78
Broadview Elementary 1 886 887 113
Brockton Elementary 0 631 631 0
Brorson Elementary 1 223 224 446
Browning Elementary 3 8,618 8,621 35
Butte Elementary 99 33,079 33,178 298
Bynum Elementary 0 210 210 0
Canyon Creek Elementary 3 1,992 1,995 150
Cardwell Elementary 0 525 525 0
Carter Elementary 0 173 173 0
Cascade Elementary 2 2,059 2,061 97
Cayuse Prairie Elementary 4 2,623 2,627 152
Centerville Elementary 0 1,498 1,498 0
Charlo Elementary 4 1,500 1,504 266
Chester‑Joplin‑Inverness Elementary 1 2,017 2,018 50
Chinook Elementary 2 1,833 1,835 109
Choteau Elementary 0 2,711 2,711 0
Circle Elementary 1 1,318 1,319 76
Clancy Elementary 1 3,086 3,087 32
Cleveland Elementary 0 119 119 0
Clinton Elementary 2 2,267 2,269 88
Cohagen Elementary 1 205 206 485
Colstrip Elementary 1 2,349 2,350 43
Columbia Falls Elementary 16 15,860 15,876 101
Columbus Elementary 4 4,125 4,129 97
Conrad Elementary 2 3,085 3,087 65
Cooke City Elementary 0 104 104 0
Cottonwood Elementary 0 286 286 0
Cottonwood Elementary 0 349 349 0
Creston Elementary 0 1,419 1,419 0
Culbertson Elementary 0 1,168 1,168 0
Cut Bank Elementary 4 4,637 4,641 86
Davey Elementary 0 89 89 0
Deer Creek Elementary 0 449 449 0
Deer Lodge Elementary 10 5,897 4,283 233
Deer Park Elementary 0 1,284 1,284 0
Deerfield Elementary 0 72 72 0
Denton Elementary 0 545 545 0
Desmet Elementary 6 1,898 1,904 315
Dillon Elementary 3 7,914 7,917 38
Divide Elementary 0 211 211 0
Dixon Elementary 3 719 722 416
Drummond Elementary 0 1,040 1,040 0
Dupuyer Elementary 0 427 427 0
East Glacier Park Elementary 0 578 578 0
Ekalaka Elementary 0 1,109 1,109 0
Elder Grove Elementary 0 4,640 4,640 0
Elliston Elementary 0 334 334 0
Elysian Elementary 4 3,643 3,647 110
Eureka Elementary 4 5,172 5,176 77
Evergreen Elementary 12 6,175 6,187 194
Fair-Mont-Egan Elementary 0 1,443 1,443 0
Fairfield Elementary 1 1,341 1,342 75
Fairview Elementary 0 1,650 1,650 0
Fishtail Elementary 0 284 284 0
Forsyth Elementary 2 2,278 2,280 88
Fort Benton Elementary 0 1,955 1,955 0
Fortine Elementary 0 779 779 0
Frazer Elementary 0 619 619 0
Froid Elementary 0 395 395 0
Frontier Elementary 0 378 378 0
Galata Elementary 0 237 237 0
Gallatin Gateway Elementary 0 1,908 1,908 0
Gardiner Elementary 1 1,276 1,277 78
Garrison Elementary 1 145 146 685
Gildford Colony 0 73 73 0
Glendive Elementary 8 7,780 7,649 105
Gold Creek Elementary 0 194 194 0
Golden Ridge Elementary 0 190 190 0
Grant Elementary 0 103 103 0
Grass Range Elementary 0 696 696 0
Great Falls Elementary 184 74,523 74,557 247
Greenfield Elementary 1 455 456 219
Greycliff Elementary 1 341 342 292
Hall Elementary 1 335 336 298
Hardin Elementary 8 9,634 9,642 83
Harlem Elementary 4 2,702 2,706 148
Havre Elementary 15 12,183 12,198 123
Hawks Home Elementary 0 111 111 0
Helena Elementary 133 56,144 56,277 236
Helena Flats Elementary 6 2,250 2,256 266
Hellgate Elementary 20 16,581 16,601 120
Helmville Elementary 0 200 200 0
Hinsdale Elementary 0 494 494 0
Independent Elementary 2 3,017 3,019 66
Jackson Elementary 0 138 138 0
Joliet Elementary 1 2,371 2,372 42
Jordan Elementary 0 666 666 0
Judith Gap Elementary 0 339 339 0
Kalispell Elementary 28 31,836 31,864 88
Kester Elementary 0 98 98 0
Kila Elementary 1 2,094 2,095 48
King Colony Elementary 0 403 403 0
Kinsey Elementary 1 617 618 162
Kircher Elementary 3 932 935 321
Knees Elementary 0 128 128 0
Lambert Elementary 1 482 483 207
Lame Deer Elementary 1 2,115 2,116 47
Lamotte Elementary 0 906 906 0
Laurel Elementary 8 12,341 12,349 65
Lewistown Elementary 11 8,471 8,482 130
Liberty Elementary 0 164 164 0
Lindsay Elementary 0 337 337 0
Livingston Elementary 6 11,919 11,925 50
Lodge Grass Elementary 0 2,319 2,319 0
Lolo Elementary 5 5,832 5,837 86
Lone Rock Elementary 0 4,009 4,009 0
Lustre Elementary 0 214 214 0
Luther Elementary 0 365 365 0
Malmborg Elementary 0 246 246 0
Manhattan School 1 3,499 3,500 29
Marion Elementary 3 1,810 1,813 165
Mccormick Elementary 0 501 501 0
Mcleod Elementary 0 229 229 0
Melrose Elementary 0 128 128 0
Melstone Elementary 0 570 570 0
Melville Elementary 0 256 256 0
Miami Elementary 0 334 334 0
Miles City Elementary 24 9,952 9,894 243
Missoula Elementary 100 70,428 70,528 142
Molt Elementary 0 154 154 0
Monforton Elementary 0 4,743 4,743 0
Montana City Elementary 1 3,279 3,280 30
Moore Elementary 0 641 641 0
Morin Elementary 3 868 871 344
Mountain View Elementary 0 0 0 0
North Harlem Colony 0 26 26 0
North Star Elementary 0 1,010 1,010 0
Noxon Elementary 2 1,494 1,496 134
Nye Elementary 0 203 203 0
Olney-Bissell Elementary 0 1,326 1,326 0
Ovando Elementary 0 264 264 0
Park City Elementary 1 2,175 2,176 46
Pass Creek Elementary 0 141 141 0
Pendroy Elementary 0 158 158 0
Pine Creek Elementary 0 375 375 0
Pine Grove Elementary 0 68 68 0
Pioneer Elementary 1 1,025 1,026 97
Pleasant Valley Elementary 0 176 176 0
Polaris Elementary 0 175 175 0
Polson Elementary 14 11,355 11,369 123
Poplar Elementary 0 3,590 3,590 0
Potomac Elementary 1 1,144 1,145 87
Power Elementary 0 674 674 0
Pryor Elementary 1 739 740 135
Ramsay Elementary 1 1,685 1,686 59
Rapelje Elementary 0 234 234 0
Rau Elementary 1 405 406 246
Red Lodge Elementary 1 3,759 3,760 27
Reed Point Elementary 0 469 469 0
Reichle Elementary 0 200 200 0
Richey Elementary 0 431 431 0
Rocky Boy Elementary 3 3,362 3,365 89
Ronan Elementary 25 8,931 8,956 279
Ross Elementary 0 17 17 0
Roundup Elementary 6 4,322 4,328 139
S H Elementary 0 253 253 0
S Y Elementary 0 89 89 0
Saco Elementary 0 542 542 0
Sand Springs Elementary 0 139 139 0
Savage Elementary 0 604 604 0
Seeley Lake Elementary 0 2,048 2,048 0
Shelby Elementary 4 3,673 3,076 130
Shepherd Elementary 9 4,104 4,113 219
Sheridan Elementary 1 1,715 1,716 58
Shields Valley Elementary 2 1,740 1,742 115
Sidney Elementary 7 8,050 8,057 87
Smith Valley Elementary 1 2,160 2,161 46
Somers Elementary 2 6,947 6,949 29
South Stacey Elementary 0 101 101 0
Spring Creek Colony Elementary 0 33 33 0
Spring Creek Elementary 0 70 70 0
Spring Creek Elementary 0 106 106 0
Springhill Elementary 0 157 157 0
Stevensville Elementary 4 8,090 8,094 49
Sun River Valley Elementary 0 2,158 2,158 0
Sunset Elementary 0 229 229 0
Swan Lake - Salmon Elementary 0 315 315 0
Swan River Elementary 1 1,601 1,602 62
Swan Valley Elementary 0 529 529 0
Target Range Elementary 2 4,369 4,371 46
Thompson Falls Elementary 2 4,083 4,085 49
Three Forks Elementary 5 4,468 4,473 112
Trail Creek Elementary 0 223 223 0
Trego Elementary 0 598 598 0
Trinity Elementary 0 1,973 1,973 0
Trout Creek Elementary 0 1,247 1,247 0
Troy Elementary 2 2,884 2,886 69
Turner Elementary 0 522 522 0
Ulm Elementary 0 836 836 0
Upper West Shore Elementary 0 1,031 1,031 0
Valier Elementary 1 929 930 108
Valley View Elementary 0 293 293 0
Vaughn Elementary 4 1,188 1,192 336
Vida Elementary 0 457 457 0
West Glacier Elementary 0 567 567 0
West Valley Elementary 0 5,400 5,400 0
Whitefish Elementary 5 14,942 14,947 33
Whitehall Elementary 2 3,353 3,355 60
Willow Creek Elementary 0 451 451 0
Wisdom Elementary 0 269 269 0
Wise River Elementary 0 309 309 0
Wolf Creek Elementary 1 727 728 137
Wolf Point Elementary 3 4,220 4,223 71
Woodman Elementary 1 434 435 230
Wyola Elementary 0 441 441 0
Yaak Elementary 0 355 355 0
Yellowstone Academy Elementary 0 147 147 0
Zurich Elementary 0 258 258 0

Sources and methodology

Elementary school districts
This is the public elementary school district in Montana as updated in 2022.
Number of people in state prison from each Elementary school district, 2020
This is the number of people from each Elementary school district in state prison as of 2020. See the methodology section of the report.
Census population, 2020
This is the population of the Elementary school district as reported in the 2020 Census.
Total population, 2020
This is the total population of the Elementary 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 Elementary school district of different population sizes.


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