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Whitefish High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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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
1143 East 4th St.
Whitefish, MT 59937
Phone
(406) 862-8600
District
WHITEFISH H S
County
FLATHEAD COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
576
Classroom Teachers
42

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Montana

10

(10 is best)

Better than 95.0% of all MT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Whitefish High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
52%
36%
62%
44%
42%
27%
52%
36%
62%
44%
42%
27%
    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
14
14
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 151 26.2%
Grade 10 156 27.1%
Grade 11 138 24.0%
Grade 12 131 22.7%
Total 576 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 95.6% 95.6% 81.2%
Black 0.0% 0.0% 0.8%
Hispanic 2.6% 2.6% 5.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.9% 0.9% 0.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.9% 0.9% 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 14,889 1,122,867
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 25.3 7
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.8% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 14.1% 18.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.0% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.4% 24.7%
65 OR OLDER 21.7% 19.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,429 443,917
Single Parent Households With Children 2.9% 6.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.4% 94.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 51.0% 34.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 20.9% 14.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.8% 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.1% 13.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.9% 18.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.7% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.8% 12.2%
$15,000 or less 7.8% 8.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,035 $4,652,265 55.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $423 $244,917 2.9%
Staff $658 $380,982 4.5%
General Administration $202 $116,958 1.4%
School Administration $836 $484,044 5.8%
Operation $1,067 $617,793 7.4%
Transportation $623 $360,717 4.3%
Other $121 $70,059 0.8%
Total Support $3,931 $2,276,049 27.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,556 $1,479,924 17.6%
Total Expenditures $14,522 $8,408,238 100.0%
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%

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