Editing Deer Lodge, Montana (section)

==Education==
[[Deer Lodge School District]] has two components: Deer Lodge Elementary School District and Powell County High School District.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apps.opi.mt.gov/SchoolDirectory/frmdirectorydistrictpdf.aspx|title=Directory of Montana Schools|publisher=[[Montana Office of Public Instruction]]|date=2024-11-09|access-date=2024-11-09|pages=84–85/319}}</ref> All of Deer Lodge is in the Deer Lodge Elementary School District and the Powell County High School District.<ref name=SDMap2020>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st30_mt/schooldistrict_maps/c30077_powell/DC20SD_C30077.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Powell County, MT|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-11-09}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st30_mt/schooldistrict_maps/c30077_powell/DC20SD_C30077_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

Deer Lodge Schools educates students from kindergarten through 12th grade.<ref>{{cite web |title=Deer Lodge Schools |url=https://www.deerlodgeschools.org/ |publisher=Deer Lodge Schools |access-date=April 20, 2021}}</ref> In 2022, the Deer Lodge Elementary District, which includes students from K-8th grades, had 400 students.<ref>{{cite web |title=Deer Lodge Elem |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?start=0&ID2=3008670&details=1 |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics |access-date=September 25, 2023}}</ref> High school education in Powell County is served by [[Powell County High School]] located in Deer Lodge. In 2022, the high school had 175 students enrolled.<ref>{{cite web |title=Powell County High School |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?ID=302145000641 |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics |access-date=September 25, 2023}}</ref> The school currently competes athletically in the 6B conference with Superior, Missoula Loyola, Valley Christian, Darby and Florence. Although being in existence since 1903 the school won its first athletic team state championship in [[golf]] in 2005.{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}} The team name is the Wardens.<ref>{{cite web |title=Member Schools |url=https://www.mhsa.org/memberschools |publisher=Montana High School Association |access-date=April 19, 2021}}</ref>

The William K. Kohrs Memorial Library, built in Deer Lodge in 1902, is "the only dedicated public library in Powell County."<ref name = "missoulian">{{Cite news
| last = Kim Briggeman
| title = Deer Lodge library loses director amid financial struggle
| work = Missoulian
| access-date = December 27, 2012
| date = November 30, 2012
| url = http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/deer-lodge-library-loses-director-amid-financial-struggle/article_87e63094-3b67-11e2-a96b-001a4bcf887a.html
}}</ref> The Kohrs library is modeled after the [[Carnegie libraries|Carnegie Libraries]]. "It was built "for $30,000 by pioneer cattle baron [[Conrad Kohrs]] and his wife Augusta as a memorial to their son."<ref name = "missoulian"/> {{as of|2012|December}}, the library was struggling financially, and was operating without a library director.<ref name = "missoulian"/>