School district · Montana
Whitefish Elem
Whitefish Elem in Montana: 2 public schools with 1,318 students and 14.1 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $12,455 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 1,318
- Students per teacher
- 14.1
- MT 13.8 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $12,455
- 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)
- 93.5
- Counselors (FTE)
- 4.0
- Students per counselor
- 330
- MT 277 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 1.8
- Librarians (FTE): 3.5
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.
$9.4K15
$9.3K16
$9.7K17
$9.9K18
$9.9K19
$10.6K20
$12.3K21
$12.1K22
$12.5K23
$12.5K24
- Federal
- 9.8% · $1.8M
- State
- 31% · $5.8M
- Local
- 60% · $11.2M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $7,952
- Support services
- $4,488
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $303K
- Long-term debt
- $25.4M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 1Middle schools: 1
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K–4 | 661 | 13.2 | |
| 5–8 | 657 | 15.1 |
Sources
- Address
- 600 East Second Street, Whitefish, MT 59937
- Phone
- (406)862-8640
- 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).