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Whitefish Middle 5-8 School

Serves grades 5 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
600 East Second Street
Whitefish, MT 59937
Phone
(406) 862-8650
District
Whitefish Elem
County
FLATHEAD COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
660
Classroom Teachers
42

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Montana

9

(10 is best)

Better than 89.1% of all MT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Whitefish Middle 5-8 School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 5

80 60 40 20 0
70%
41%
77%
48%
62%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 6

80 60 40 20 0
60%
39%
67%
46%
52%
33%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
57%
42%
57%
48%
57%
35%
57%
42%
57%
48%
57%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
50%
39%
62%
46%
37%
31%
50%
39%
62%
46%
37%
31%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
14
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 5 169 25.6%
Grade 6 169 25.6%
Grade 7 156 23.6%
Grade 8 166 25.2%
Total 660 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 96.7% 95.2% 81.1%
Black 0.0% 0.0% 0.7%
Hispanic 2.3% 4.0% 6.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 0.6% 0.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.2% 11.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported 0.2%
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported 0.2%
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported 0.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 14,492 1,122,867
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 48.6 8
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.7% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 13.9% 18.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.7% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.9% 24.7%
65 OR OLDER 25.8% 19.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,473 443,917
Single Parent Households With Children 2.9% 6.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.8% 94.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 50.7% 34.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 23.5% 14.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.8% 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.1% 13.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.3% 18.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.0% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.6% 12.2%
$15,000 or less 9.7% 8.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,231 $9,494,000 41.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,211 $1,590,000 6.9%
Staff $1,009 $1,325,000 5.7%
General Administration $236 $310,000 1.3%
School Administration $704 $925,000 4.0%
Operation $826 $1,085,000 4.7%
Transportation $537 $705,000 3.1%
Other $161 $212,000 0.9%
Total Support $4,685 $6,152,000 26.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,660 $7,431,000 32.2%
Total Expenditures $17,576 $23,077,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,582 $1,140,352,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $842 $126,670,000 5.5%
Staff $436 $65,555,000 2.9%
General Administration $393 $59,177,000 2.6%
School Administration $711 $106,961,000 4.7%
Operation $1,352 $203,396,000 8.8%
Transportation $574 $86,258,000 3.8%
Other $397 $59,678,000 2.6%
Total Support $4,705 $707,695,000 30.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,994 $450,323,000 19.6%
Total Expenditures $15,281 $2,298,370,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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