Hellgate High School is located in Missoula, Montana. It is the largest high school in the Missoula County Public Schools District of Montana in terms of student body population. Hellgate has approximately 1200 students, and a faculty of approximately 100. It is classified as an AA high school, the classification given to the largest high schools in Montana. It is ranked the fourth best high school in the state of Montana by US News, beating the district's Sentinel, which is ranked sixth in the state, and both Big Sky and Seeley-Swan which are unranked.