West Glacier School

West Glacier School is an one-room-style elementary-level community in West Glacier, Montana, overseen by West Glacier Elem. The school works with 65 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 61% below the typical public school in Montana, which averages around 167 students.

West Glacier School sits inside West Glacier Elem, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, West Glacier School records that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 6% Native American, 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Flathead County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, West Glacier School has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. Around 5% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Flathead County's rate of about 75%.

In the area at large, census data for Flathead County shows the typical household earns roughly $73,925 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Flathead County runs 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,957 students), of which West Glacier School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Glacier Gateway Elem, around 12.8 miles off.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 3%: 63 students in 2018 compared to 65 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 0% to 5% across the same window.

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