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Hysham High School → Melstone High School → Pine Hills Youth Corr Facil HS → Grass Range High School → Plevna High School → Moore High School → Frazer High School → Lavina High School →At a glance
- AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 14% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How Custer High School compares for families
What families should know about Custer High School.
- ▸ LocallyMT students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Hysham High School, Melstone High School, Pine Hills Youth Corr Facil HS and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 14% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Federal Title I context
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Your state's public flagship
The University of Montana
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $16,784/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hysham High School Hysham |
Public | 19.3 | 28 | — |
| Melstone High School Melstone |
Public | 36.0 | 28 | — |
| Pine Hills Youth Corr Facil HS Miles City |
Public | 85.2 | 27 | — |
| Grass Range High School Grass Range |
Public | 85.6 | 27 | — |
| Plevna High School Plevna |
Public | 146.5 | 27 | — |
| Moore High School Moore |
Public | 117.1 | 28 | — |
| Frazer High School Frazer |
Public | 151.2 | 24 | — |
| Lavina High School Lavina |
Public | 66.9 | 23 | — |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantCuster High School is a public high school in Custer, MT, enrolling 26 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
10 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 14% of U.S. high schools.
16% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
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How many students attend Custer High School? Custer High School is a public high school in Custer, MT, enrolling 26 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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