School district · Montana
Columbia Falls Elem
Columbia Falls Elem in Montana: 3 public schools with 1,505 students and 14.6 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $12,401 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 1,505
- Students per teacher
- 14.6
- MT 13.8 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $12,401
- MT $13.5K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 103
- Counselors (FTE)
- 5.0
- Students per counselor
- 301
- MT 277 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 3.6
- Librarians (FTE): 3.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Montana's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Montana: 43%41%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 52% of school districts in Montana
Median 42% · 210 school districts compared
995 students tested, grades 3–8 · MAST; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Montana: 37%34%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 55% of school districts in Montana
Median 36% · 219 school districts compared
999 students tested, grades 3–8 · MAST; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 21% · $5.6M
- State
- 35% · $9.1M
- Local
- 44% · $11.5M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $7,300
- Support services
- $5,097
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $4.1M
- Long-term debt
- $34.8M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Glacier Gateway ElemFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 471 | 14.5 | 38% | 35% |
Ruder ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 487 | 14.3 | 38% | 26% |
Columbia Falls Jr HSFree meals for all | 6–8 | 547 | 15.0 | 45% | 37% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 501 6th Ave West, Columbia Falls, MT 59912
- Phone
- (406)892-6550
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.