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Whitefish High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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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
1143 East 4th St.
Whitefish, MT 59937
Phone
(406) 862-8600
District
Whitefish H S
County
FLATHEAD COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
581
Classroom Teachers
43

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Montana

10

(10 is best)

Better than 92.3% of all MT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Whitefish High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
52%
34%
62%
42%
42%
25%
52%
34%
62%
42%
42%
25%
    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
14
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 9 165 28.4%
Grade 10 140 24.1%
Grade 11 151 26.0%
Grade 12 125 21.5%
Total 581 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 95.5% 95.5% 81.1%
Black 0.3% 0.3% 0.7%
Hispanic 2.6% 2.6% 6.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.9% 0.9% 0.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.7% 0.7% 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 15,273 1,122,867
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 26.5 8
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.0% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 13.6% 18.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.6% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.1% 24.7%
65 OR OLDER 25.7% 19.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,804 443,917
Single Parent Households With Children 2.8% 6.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.5% 94.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 50.3% 34.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 23.2% 14.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.6% 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.3% 13.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.4% 18.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.5% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.6% 12.2%
$15,000 or less 9.4% 8.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,504 $4,941,000 58.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $718 $417,000 4.9%
Staff $780 $453,000 5.4%
General Administration $189 $110,000 1.3%
School Administration $874 $508,000 6.0%
Operation $1,293 $751,000 8.9%
Transportation $472 $274,000 3.2%
Other $134 $78,000 0.9%
Total Support $4,460 $2,591,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,592 $925,000 10.9%
Total Expenditures $14,556 $8,457,000 100.0%
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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