Chief Charlo School

Chief Charlo School operates as a sizable K-5 school in Missoula, Montana, operated by Missoula Elem. Current enrollment sits at 414 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 148% bigger than the typical public school in Montana, which averages around 167 students.

Chief Charlo School is one of 14 schools operated by Missoula Elem, a district that serves 5,293 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Chief Charlo School shows that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Chief Charlo School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. Roughly 39% of students at Chief Charlo School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, census data for Missoula County shows the typical household earns roughly $75,598 per year, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Missoula County's 47 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,099 students), Chief Charlo School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Meadow Hill Middle School, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Chief Charlo School's enrollment has shrank 7% since 2018, when it stood at 446 (now 414).

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