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2003-08-17 Entering Cooke City from the EastPhoto: Ildar Sagdejev (Specious) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Schools in Cooke City

Cooke City’s public schools

Cooke City Elementary School District and Gardiner High School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cooke City. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/1schools above Montana’s middle

Each public school’s letter compares its own results with the state’s other public schools. How TownRatings grades schools

Spent per student
$31.9K
▲ 135% vs MT $13.6K
FY2024 · Gardiner High
Students per teacher
10.0
MT 13.7 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
58 students on the public path
In brief

Cooke City’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Cooke City’s 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Montana’s 592 public schools. Gardiner High School places highest (better than 76%); Gardiner High School lowest (76%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Cooke City, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Cooke City SchoolCooke City Elementary School DistrictNo scores
9–12Gardiner High Schoolin GardinerA−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Cooke City Elementary School District.

Two districts serve Cooke City

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Cooke City Elementary School DistrictGrades PK–8 · 1 schools · 3 students, down 40% since 2020–21 · 3.0 per teacher (MT 13.7)
$28,600MT $13,570 · FY2024
Gardiner High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 1 schools · 55 students, up 15% since 2020–21 · 11.5 per teacher (MT 13.7)
$31,875MT $13,570 · FY2024
Test scores · 2021–22

How students score

Reading · 9–12, Gardiner High School District75%
State average 45.7% · 14 students tested · the state reports 50–100%
Math · 9–12, Gardiner High School District25%
State average 35.2% · 14 students tested · the state reports 0–50%

Cooke City vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Montana towns that share Cooke City’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Cooke City—Cooke City Elementary PK–8 · Gardiner High 9–12

Every school in Cooke City

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Montana’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Cooke Cityby address
Cooke City School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
3 students3:1Rate it →
Also serving Cooke Cityin other towns
Gardiner High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Gardiner
A−
55 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Cooke City’s schools

Are Cooke City’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Cooke City. Cooke City Elementary School District and Gardiner High School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cooke City. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Montana’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Cooke City in?

Cooke City Elementary School District and Gardiner High School District.

Where do Cooke City kids go to high school?

Gardiner High School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.