📍 5955 Farm To Market Road, Whitefish, Flathead County, 59937
Bissell School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Whitefish, Flathead County. The school has 89 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Olney-Bissell Elem school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 6.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. 55% of students are proficient in reading. 35% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bissell School enrolls 89 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 6.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% White, 3.4% Two or more races and 2.2% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 84 | 94% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 3.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 | 2.2% |
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.
Bissell School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MT-10, state senate district 3, state house district 6.
Bissell School is one of 2 schools in Olney-Bissell Elem, based in Whitefish, Montana. The district serves 95 students district-wide and employs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 89 students, Bissell School is larger than the district average of about 48 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant