Longfellow School

Longfellow School is a public high-enrollment elementary school in Great Falls, Montana. The latest federal count shows 263 students in pre-K through 6. The average for elementary schools in Montana is about 167 students, so this school is 57% larger than average.

In Great Falls Elem, 18 schools enroll a combined 7,094 students.

Enrollment at Longfellow School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 41%. Other reported shares: 24% Native American, 17% Hispanic, and 17% multiracial. That compares with about 84% White among all Cascade County residents. Longfellow School has a diversity index of 72%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

Federal data list 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Longfellow School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.2:1. Elementary schools in Montana average about 11.9:1, a similar figure. The lunch program counts 98% of students at Longfellow School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 54% average among public schools in Cascade County.

Longfellow School is located in Cascade County, where median household income is about $67,690, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Longfellow School is one of 45 public schools in Cascade County, which together enroll about 11,577 students.

Nearby, Great Falls High School is about 0.7 miles away. Longfellow School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.

The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

The 2024-25 enrollment of 263 was 22% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 336. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 12.2:1, from 14.0:1.

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