Irle Elementary School

As a large elementary school, Irle Elementary School serves students in Glasgow, Montana. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 380 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Montana) has about 167 students.

Irle Elementary School is run by Glasgow K-12 Schools, whose 3 schools enroll 778 students.

At Irle Elementary School, White students make up 81% of the student body. After that, the student body is 8% multiracial, 8% Native American, and 2% Hispanic. That is close to the 85% White share among all Valley County residents. Irle Elementary School has a diversity index of 33%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

The count of teachers at Irle Elementary School is 25.5 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.9:1. Among elementary schools in Montana, the typical ratio is 11.9:1. The school counts 195 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 51%.

Census estimates describe Valley County this way: median household income is about $71,695, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Federal data list 16 public schools in Valley County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,115.

The shortest distance from Irle Elementary School to another public school is about 1.0 miles, to Glasgow Middle School. The five-mile area around Irle Elementary School holds 2 other public schools.

NCES describes the area around Irle Elementary School as Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.

The student count in 2024-25 was 380, 11% above the 342 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 14.9:1, from 12.2:1.

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