Glacier High School

Glacier High School is a well-populated senior high in Kalispell, Montana, part of Flathead H S. The school caters to 1,402 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Montana's public schools average about 238 students each, so Glacier High School sits 489% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in Flathead H S (2,976 students total), Glacier High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Glacier High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%); the rest looks like 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Flathead County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 87 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.3:1, putting Glacier High School higher than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Flathead County's rate of about 75%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Flathead County) records that median household earnings sit near $73,925, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Flathead County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,957 students), Glacier High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Kalispell Middle School, roughly 1.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Glacier High School operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Glacier High School's enrollment has expanded 3% since 2018, when it stood at 1,367 (now 1,402). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 92% to 88%. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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