The top reported proficiency rate is 0% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Lambert High School
Lambert High School serves grades nine through twelve in the small, rural community of Lambert, Montana, a town of a few hundred people that sits in an agricultural and oil-producing area of Richland County. The high school is part of the Lambert H S district and shares a campus with the elementary and junior high schools at a single address in the center of town. The school’s enrollment is very small, consistent with a remote Class C school, and the student body is predominantly white, with a small share of Hispanic students and a very small share of Asian students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
The school’s academic performance data from state testing is essentially absent. In math, English language arts, and science for the most recent school year, the reported proficiency rate was zero percent, and while the testing data shows that no students were recorded as tested, it is not clear from the available information whether students in these grades were assessed at all. A parent or resident should be aware that for a school this small, state accountability testing may involve very few students, and small counts can be suppressed or reported in ways that do not reflect actual instruction. The school’s overall proficiency index, when compared to the small number of districts in Richland County that had data, placed in the bottom quartile. Because the school serves grades nine through twelve and the state testing data shown is for grades three through eight, it is highly likely that the reported testing results do not apply to this high school’s grade band at all. The data available simply does not provide a usable picture of how Lambert High School students perform on state assessments, and that gap may be explained by the fact that the high school grades are not part of the tested grade range that was reported.
The high school does not have a reported graduation rate in the data, nor information on chronic absenteeism, course access, or staffing. The school is not a charter school, and its Title I status is not listed. The community of Lambert is economically driven by agriculture and the oil industry, with a small built environment that includes a community park, a museum, and a single bar and grill. Lambert experienced notable population growth in the last decade, likely related to oil activity. The district itself appears stable, with no recent major changes in curriculum, property taxes, or referendums reported.
For a family considering Lambert High School, the core takeaway is that this is an extremely small rural school in a tight-knit agricultural and oil-economy community. The available academic metrics do not provide a meaningful assessment of student achievement at the high school level, and anyone wanting a clearer picture would need to ask the school directly about course offerings, college and career preparation, and post-graduation outcomes. The school’s size means students will likely receive a high degree of individual attention, but it also means a limited range of elective and advanced course options compared to larger schools. The peer environment is very small, and the community context is one where the school sits at the center of local life.
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