Elementary · Montana

Russell School

Free meals for all

Russell School, a public elementary school in Kalispell, Montana: grades pre-k–5, 223 students, 15.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Kalispell Elem.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 223
Teachers (FTE): 14.0
Students per teacher: 15.9
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 86% of elementary schools in Montana

Median 12.1 · 418 schools compared

More students per teacher than 64% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 65% of elementary schools in Montana

Median 120 · 421 schools compared

Smaller than 85% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Remote town
Run by: Kalispell Elem

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Kalispell Elem.

Location

Address: 227 West Nevada, Kalispell, MT 59901
Phone: (406)751-3900
City or town: Kalispell
County: Flathead County

Website Quality of life in Kalispell Schools in Kalispell

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Elrod SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	237	15.8	0.8 mi
Lillian Peterson SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	344	17.2	0.9 mi
Cornelius Hedges SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	320	15.2	1.2 mi
Edgerton SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	509	17.2	1.7 mi
Jeannette Rankin Elementary ScFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	415	16.6	2.5 mi
East Evergreen SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–4	360	13.1	3.3 mi

Sources

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).

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NCES 301545000475