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The most racially diverse public schools in Flathead County, Montana

Across Flathead County, Montana, 27 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Elrod School leads the list at 32.3%, against a median of 24.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Flathead County, Montana

Top Diversity index

32.3%

Median Diversity index

24.0%

MOST DIVERSE · FLATHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Elrod School	Kalispell, MT	237	32.3%	81.4%(193)	0.4%(1)	6.8%(16)	0.8%(2)
2	East Evergreen School	Kalispell, MT	360	32.0%	81.7%(294)	0.6%(2)	9.7%(35)	0.6%(2)
3	Evergreen Junior High	Kalispell, MT	285	28.6%	83.9%(239)	0.0%(0)	8.4%(24)	0.3%(1)
4	Cornelius Hedges School	Kalispell, MT	320	28.4%	84.1%(269)	0.3%(1)	7.5%(24)	0.9%(3)
5	Russell School	Kalispell, MT	223	27.4%	84.8%(189)	0.5%(1)	4.0%(9)	0.9%(2)
6	Ruder Elementary	Columbia Falls, MT	487	27.0%	84.8%(413)	0.0%(0)	5.3%(26)	0.0%(0)
7	Columbia Falls High Schl	Columbia Falls, MT	691	27.0%	85.0%(587)	0.1%(1)	6.5%(45)	0.3%(2)
8	Edgerton School	Kalispell, MT	509	26.5%	85.3%(434)	0.4%(2)	7.1%(36)	1.0%(5)
9	Jeannette Rankin Elementary Sc	Kalispell, MT	415	26.0%	85.5%(355)	0.2%(1)	7.2%(30)	0.5%(2)
10	Glacier Gateway Elem	Columbia Falls, MT	471	25.3%	86.0%(405)	0.0%(0)	5.3%(25)	0.2%(1)
11	Lillian Peterson School	Kalispell, MT	344	25.2%	86.0%(296)	0.6%(2)	7.3%(25)	0.6%(2)
12	Columbia Falls Jr HS	Columbia Falls, MT	547	25.1%	86.1%(471)	0.0%(0)	5.8%(32)	0.0%(0)
13	Kalispell Middle School	Kalispell, MT	1,049	24.3%	86.7%(909)	0.0%(0)	6.6%(69)	1.2%(13)
14	West Valley Middle School	Kalispell, MT	372	24.0%	86.8%(323)	0.3%(1)	5.9%(22)	0.8%(3)
15	Glacier High School	Kalispell, MT	1,402	22.9%	87.5%(1,227)	0.8%(11)	5.0%(70)	1.0%(14)
16	L A Muldown School	Whitefish, MT	661	20.0%	89.1%(589)	0.1%(1)	5.6%(37)	0.0%(0)
17	Flathead High School	Kalispell, MT	1,541	20.0%	89.2%(1,375)	0.4%(6)	4.9%(76)	0.4%(6)
18	Whitefish Middle 5-8	Whitefish, MT	657	20.0%	89.2%(586)	0.1%(1)	5.6%(37)	0.9%(6)
19	Bigfork High School	Bigfork, MT	333	18.3%	90.1%(300)	0.6%(2)	7.2%(24)	0.6%(2)
20	West Valley School	Kalispell, MT	434	17.7%	90.5%(393)	0.2%(1)	3.7%(16)	0.9%(4)
21	Cayuse Prairie School	Kalispell, MT	254	16.9%	90.9%(231)	0.0%(0)	5.1%(13)	0.0%(0)
22	Bigfork 6-8	Bigfork, MT	236	15.9%	91.5%(216)	0.4%(1)	5.1%(12)	0.4%(1)
23	Lakeside Elementary School	Lakeside, MT	303	14.5%	92.4%(280)	1.3%(4)	2.6%(8)	1.0%(3)
24	Bigfork Elementary	Bigfork, MT	343	13.9%	92.7%(318)	0.3%(1)	3.8%(13)	0.6%(2)
25	Helena Flats School	Kalispell, MT	253	11.4%	94.1%(238)	0.0%(0)	2.4%(6)	1.6%(4)
26	Whitefish High School	Whitefish, MT	618	10.6%	94.5%(584)	0.7%(4)	1.8%(11)	0.5%(3)
27	Somers Middle School	Somers, MT	231	10.0%	94.8%(219)	0.4%(1)	1.3%(3)	0.4%(1)

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