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116 Montana Districts Hit Record-Low Enrollment
In 2023, 25 Montana school districts sat at their all-time low enrollment. Three years later, that number has more than quadrupled to 116. Livingston Elem, a district that enrolled 436 students a deca...
Montana Lost 8,500 Students in Three Years
The Billings school board voted 5-1 in January 2024 to close Washington Elementary. The building was not condemned. It was not damaged. The district simply could not justify staffing a school while en...