Helena Flats School

Families in Kalispell, Montana, are served by Helena Flats School, a high-enrollment elementary school. It had 253 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 6. Elementary schools in Montana have about 167 students on average; enrollment here is 51% higher.

Helena Flats Elem has 2 schools and 293 students, and Helena Flats School is one of those schools.

Helena Flats School is 94% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 2% Hispanic. That is in line with Flathead County, where about 91% of residents are White. The diversity index for Helena Flats School is 11%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

Teacher count: 14.3 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 17.8:1. Compared with the 11.9:1 average for elementary schools in Montana, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 100%. Among public schools in Flathead County, the average eligibility rate is 75%.

American Community Survey estimates for Flathead County show that median household income comes to about $73,925, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 48, with about 14,957 students.

Helena Flats 7-8 is the nearest public school to Helena Flats School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.

Enrollment increased by 38% across 4 years, from 184 in 2020-21 to 253 in 2024-25. The ratio was 16.7:1 in 2020-21 and 17.8:1 in 2024-25.

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