📍 440 4th Avenue West, Columbia Falls, Flathead County, 59912
Glacier Gateway Elem is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Columbia Falls, Flathead County. The school has 473 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Columbia Falls Elem school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Glacier Gateway Elem enrolls 473 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% White, 6.8% Two or more races and 5.7% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 406 | 86% |
| Two or more races | 32 | 6.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 27 | 5.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | 1.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Glacier Gateway Elem is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MT-10, state senate district 2, state house district 3.
Glacier Gateway Elem is one of 3 schools in Columbia Falls Elem, based in Columbia Falls, Montana. The district serves 1,505 students district-wide and employs 106 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 473 students, Glacier Gateway Elem is close to the district average of about 502 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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