Missoula County Public Schools No. 1 (MCPS) is a public school district located in Missoula, Montana.[1] It consists of one pre-school, one adult learning center, nine elementary schools, three middle schools, four high schools,[2] and one alternative high school. Only one school, Seeley-Swan High School, lies outside the city limits. The district motto is "Forward Thinking, High Achieving."
The district has two components: Missoula Elementary School District and Missoula High School District.[3] The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) code for the elementary district, which covers grades Pre-Kindergarten to 8, is 3018570.[4] The NCES code for the high school district is 3018540.[5]
The elementary district, entirely in Missoula County, includes most of Missoula, and sections of East Missoula, Lolo, and Orchard Homes.[6]
The high school district is mostly in Missoula County, and includes areas in the elementary district as well as the remainders of the places within them, and all of: Bonner-West Riverside, Clinton, Condon, Piltzville, Potomac, Seeley Lake, Twin Creeks, and Turah, as well as a portion of Wye.[6] A portion of the high school district is in Lake County.[7]
Schools
High schools
- Big Sky High School
- Hellgate High School
- Seeley-Swan High School
- Sentinel High School
- Willard Alternative High School Programs
Middle schools
- C.S. Porter School
- Meadow Hill Middle School
- Washington Middle School
Elementary schools
- Chief Charlo Elementary
- Cold Springs School
- Franklin Elementary School
- Hawthorne School
- Lewis and Clark Elementary
- Lowell School
- Paxson Elementary
- Rattlesnake School
- Russell School
Pre-schools
- Jefferson Center
Adult education programs
- The Lifelong Learning Center