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High · Regular · Grades 9 to 12

Capital High School, Helena, MT

Capital High School is a public high school in Helena, part of Helena High School. It enrolled 1,293 students in 2024-25, with 16.4 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
1,293
Teachers (FTE)
79.0
Students per teacher
16.4
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 15.8. The Montana average across schools is 14.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.4
District15.8
Montana14.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
100 Valley Drive, Helena, MT 59601
County
Lewis and Clark County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
301383000429
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
287
Reduced-price lunch
71
Free or reduced-price lunch
35827.7% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Helena High School

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.