Elementary · Montana
Whittier School
Free meals for allWhittier School, a public elementary school in Great Falls, Montana: grades pre-k–6, 187 students, 10.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Great Falls 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
- 187
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.6
- Students per teacher
- 10.7
- Grades
- Pre-K–6
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 61% of elementary schools in Montana
Median 12.1 · 418 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 88% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 61% of elementary schools in Montana
Median 120 · 421 schools compared
Smaller than 89% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
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%7.4%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 94% of elementary schools in Montana
Median 41% · 273 elementary schools compared
95 students tested, grades 3–8 · MAST; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Montana: 37%6.2%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 92% of elementary schools in Montana
Median 36% · 288 elementary schools compared
97 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.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–6
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Small city
- Run by
- Great Falls Elem
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Great Falls Elem.
Location
- Address
- 305 8th Street North, Great Falls, MT 59401
- Phone
- (406)268-7230
- City or town
- Great Falls
- County
- Cascade County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Longfellow SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 263 | 12.2 | 12% | 9.1% |
| Pre-K–6 | 445 | 21.2 | 49% | 51% | |
| Pre-K–6 | 405 | 17.8 | 56% | 45% | |
| Pre-K–6 | 373 | 15.6 | 43% | 36% | |
| Pre-K–6 | 312 | 14.7 | 27% | 22% | |
Sunnyside SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 396 | 15.7 | 22% | 26% |
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
- 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).
- 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.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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