The top reported proficiency rate is 0% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Charlo High School
Charlo High School serves grades nine through twelve in the small, unincorporated agricultural community of Charlo, Montana, located in the Mission Valley on the Flathead Indian Reservation. The school is part of the Charlo H S district, and the town itself is a sparse, rural settlement with a Main Street, scattered homes, and agricultural land. Grain farming and cattle ranching shape the local economy, and the school district is a central institution; the largest employment sector in the community is educational services. The built environment offers minimal walkability, and life centers around civic anchors like the Ninepipes Museum, the nearby CSKT Bison Range, and the Charlo Outdoor Community Complex, which is a community-funded effort to build a track and football field for the school. The population has been essentially flat in recent years, and housing values, while still below national averages, have seen sharp recent increases.
This is a small high school. The student body is predominantly white, with a notable share of American Indian or Alaska Native students, a small number of students identifying with two or more races, and a very small Hispanic population. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Information on special education and English learner populations was not available in the data provided.
State testing data, from the Smarter Balanced Assessment for math and English language arts and the Montana Science Assessment, reported zero students tested and zero students proficient. This result covers the grades three through eight testing band, but because this school serves only high school grades, the state assessments reported here do not apply to its students. The school does not have state testing results because the relevant tests are administered in lower grade levels. A graduation rate was also not available in the data. A parent looking for the school’s own performance measures may need to seek out high-school-level assessments or alternative accountability indicators directly from the school or district.
The comparison against other Lake County districts places Charlo High School in the bottom quartile on an overall proficiency index, which combines results across tested subjects and grades. That index, however, is built from the same grade-level tests that do not cover this school's students, so the comparison is not meaningful for understanding how the high school itself performs. The data does not provide a direct measure of academic attainment for this school.
Because Charlo High School has no available state assessment results, no graduation rate, and no program or course-access data, the academic picture is largely absent from public records in this dataset. The school's environment is rural and close-knit, and its student population is small. The Charlo Outdoor Community Complex points to local investment in school facilities, and the school remains a key community anchor in a town with a stable population and an agricultural economy. Families considering this school will want to reach out directly to learn about academic offerings, college and career pathways, and student outcomes that are not captured here.
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