Edgerton School

Located at 1400 Whitefish Stage, in Kalispell, Montana, Edgerton School is a large elementary campus that caters to 509 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Kalispell Elem. That puts it 205% bigger than the typical public school in Montana, which averages around 167 students.

Kalispell Elem runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,097 students. Edgerton School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Edgerton School records that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Edgerton School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Flathead County (around 75%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Flathead County put the typical household earns roughly $73,925 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Flathead County runs 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,957 students), of which Edgerton School is one.

Kalispell Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Edgerton School's enrollment has fell 15% since 2018, when it stood at 600 (now 509). White enrollment moved from 90% to 85% across the same window.

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