L A Muldown School

Located at 1300 East 7th St., in Whitefish, Montana, L A Muldown School is a sizable K-5 school that teaches 661 students (grades pre-K through 4), one of the schools within Whitefish Elem. By comparison, Montana's public schools average about 167 students each, so L A Muldown School sits 296% bigger than that benchmark.

L A Muldown School is one of 2 schools operated by Whitefish Elem, a district that serves 1,318 students overall.

On the student-mix side, L A Muldown School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Flathead County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, L A Muldown School logs 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. The state averages around 11.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Flathead County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Flathead County indicate median household income runs about $73,925, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Flathead County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,957 students), L A Muldown School is one campus in the mix.

Whitefish High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

L A Muldown School operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at L A Muldown School has decreased 6%, going from 706 students in 2018 to 661 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 1% to 6% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

On this page, members of the L A Muldown School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.