Creston School

Set in Kalispell, Montana, Creston School is a small K-5 school, overseen by Creston Elem. It instructs 83 students across grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 50% smaller than the typical public school in Montana, which averages around 167 students.

Creston School sits inside Creston Elem, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Creston School logs that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 91% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Creston School logs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.9:1 average.

In the surrounding community, census data for Flathead County shows median household income runs about $73,925, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Creston School is one of 48 public schools in Flathead County (combined enrollment of about 14,957 students).

Cayuse Prairie 7-8 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Creston School.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 5%: 87 students in 2018 compared to 83 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 93% to 80%. Class-load math has fell: from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 in 2025.

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