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Flathead High School
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 423 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 426 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 370 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 322 | 21% |
Test scores
EDFacts (federal) 2020-21 . % Proficient (SY 20-21)What this means: On the EDFacts (federal), Montana's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Montana schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36.
Schools most like Flathead High School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flathead High School this school | 1,541 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Butte High School Butte | 1,266 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Columbia Falls High Schl Columbia Falls | 691 | 99.4% | N/A |
| Glacier High School Kalispell | 1,402 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Havre High School Havre | 521 | 99.0% | N/A |
| Anaconda Sr High School Anaconda | 305 | 100.0% | N/A |
Where Flathead High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Montana | In Flathead County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #51 of 68 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #27 of 70 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,541 | #5 of 180 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #31 of 50 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.0% | #41 of 50 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #10 of 83 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.8% | #21 of 22 | N/A |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,541 | 97.3 | 15.8:1 | 100% (1,541) |
| 2023-24 | 1,628 | 105.4 | 15.4:1 | 40% (644) |
| 2022-23 | 1,626 | 116.7 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 1,607 | 98 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,529 | 108.4 | 14.1:1 | 35% (531) |
| 2015-16 | 1,474 | 105 | 14.0:1 | 30% (438) |
| 2010-11 | 1,439 | 81 | 17.8:1 | 32% (462) |
| 2000-01 | 1,847 | 83 | 22.3:1 | 15% (278) |
| 1990-91 | 1,438 | 79 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (1,529 to 1,541); teachers down 10% (108.4 to 97.3).
About Flathead High School
Flathead High School is a large high school with its address in Kalispell, Montana. Its 1,541 students are spread across grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 547% above the 238 average for high schools in Montana.
Enrollment across the 4 schools in Flathead H S totals 2,976 students.
At Flathead High School, White students make up 89% of the student body. Smaller groups are 5% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 91% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at Flathead High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 20%.
Teachers at Flathead High School total 97.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.8:1. For comparison, high schools in Montana average 11.3:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 100%. Across public schools in Flathead County, the average is 75%.
Flathead High School is located in Flathead County, where median household income is about $73,925, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Federal data list 48 public schools in Flathead County, with a combined enrollment of about 14,957.
Flathead Pace Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Remote, or in a town far from an urbanized area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 1,541, 4% below the 1,607 of 2020-21.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Flathead County at a glance
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