West Valley Middle School

As a substantial junior high in Kalispell, Montana, West Valley Middle School serves 372 students from grades 5 through 8, operated by West Valley Elem. Enrollment runs roughly 168% bigger than the state mean of about 139.

West Valley Elem comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 806 students; West Valley Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, West Valley Middle School logs that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.3:1, putting West Valley Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Flathead County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Flathead County indicate the typical household earns roughly $73,925 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Flathead County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,957 students), West Valley Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is West Valley School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 84%: 202 students in 2018 compared to 372 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 95% to 87%. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.