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Sentinel High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
901 South Avenue West
Missoula, MT 59801
Phone
(406) 728-2403
District
Missoula H S
County
MISSOULA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1378
Classroom Teachers
84

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Montana

9

(10 is best)

Better than 81.1% of all MT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Sentinel High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
45%
34%
57%
42%
32%
25%
45%
34%
57%
42%
32%
25%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
15
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 372 27.0%
Grade 10 367 26.6%
Grade 11 344 25.0%
Grade 12 295 21.4%
Total 1378 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 87.1% 86.0% 81.1%
Black 1.7% 1.8% 0.7%
Hispanic 3.6% 4.0% 6.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.6% 2.1% 0.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 6.0% 6.2% 11.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported 0.2%
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported 0.2%
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported 0.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 108,807 1,122,867
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 53.2 7
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.6% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.5% 18.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 40.6% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.3% 24.7%
65 OR OLDER 16.0% 19.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 46,800 443,917
Single Parent Households With Children 6.5% 6.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.3% 94.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 45.5% 34.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 14.7% 14.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.5% 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.9% 13.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.3% 18.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.5% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.6% 12.2%
$15,000 or less 9.5% 8.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,760 $30,775,000 56.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $816 $3,237,000 5.9%
Staff $306 $1,214,000 2.2%
General Administration $163 $647,000 1.2%
School Administration $592 $2,347,000 4.3%
Operation $1,127 $4,468,000 8.2%
Transportation $699 $2,773,000 5.1%
Other $188 $746,000 1.4%
Total Support $3,891 $15,432,000 28.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,068 $8,200,000 15.1%
Total Expenditures $13,718 $54,407,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,582 $1,140,352,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $842 $126,670,000 5.5%
Staff $436 $65,555,000 2.9%
General Administration $393 $59,177,000 2.6%
School Administration $711 $106,961,000 4.7%
Operation $1,352 $203,396,000 8.8%
Transportation $574 $86,258,000 3.8%
Other $397 $59,678,000 2.6%
Total Support $4,705 $707,695,000 30.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,994 $450,323,000 19.6%
Total Expenditures $15,281 $2,298,370,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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