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Columbia Falls Jr High School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1805 Talbot Road
Columbia Falls, MT 59912
Phone
(406) 892-6530
District
COLUMBIA FALLS ELEM
County
FLATHEAD COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
527
Classroom Teachers
36

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Montana

5

(10 is best)

Better than 44.2% of all MT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Columbia Falls Jr High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
37%
39%
47%
46%
27%
32%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
42%
41%
52%
47%
32%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
37%
40%
47%
48%
27%
32%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
15
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 167 31.7%
Grade 7 164 31.1%
Grade 8 196 37.2%
Total 527 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 93.0% 93.6% 81.2%
Black 0.2% 0.2% 0.8%
Hispanic 4.8% 4.7% 5.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.4% 0.1% 0.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.6% 1.4% 11.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported 0.1%
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported 0.1%
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported 0.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 15,468 1,122,867
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 5.8 7
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.2% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.4% 18.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.9% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.8% 24.7%
65 OR OLDER 16.7% 19.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,087 443,917
Single Parent Households With Children 6.3% 6.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.7% 94.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 26.2% 34.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 9.7% 14.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 10.0% 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.4% 13.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.1% 18.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.8% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.6% 12.2%
$15,000 or less 9.4% 8.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,562 $9,783,942 52.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,046 $1,559,586 8.3%
Staff $696 $1,037,736 5.5%
General Administration $188 $280,308 1.5%
School Administration $698 $1,040,718 5.6%
Operation $1,199 $1,787,709 9.6%
Transportation $469 $699,279 3.7%
Other $192 $286,272 1.5%
Total Support $4,487 $6,690,117 35.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,499 $2,235,009 11.9%
Total Expenditures $12,548 $18,709,068 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,083 $1,056,883,697 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $694 $103,488,902 4.8%
Staff $415 $61,937,124 2.8%
General Administration $391 $58,320,392 2.7%
School Administration $679 $101,279,879 4.7%
Operation $1,223 $182,486,282 8.4%
Transportation $551 $82,271,867 3.8%
Other $356 $53,153,862 2.4%
Total Support $4,309 $642,927,677 29.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,189 $475,825,278 21.9%
Total Expenditures $14,580 $2,175,644,910 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%