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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Ruder Elementary, Columbia Falls, MT

CEP schoolRuder Elementary is a public elementary school in Columbia Falls, part of Columbia Falls Elementary School District. It enrolled 487 students in 2024-25, with 14.3 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
487
Teachers (FTE)
34.0
Students per teacher
14.3
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 14.6. The Montana average across schools is 14.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.3
District14.6
Montana14.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
1500 12th Avenue West, Columbia Falls, MT 59912
Phone
(406)892-6570
District
Columbia Falls Elementary School District
County
Flathead County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Locale
Town: Remote
NCES school ID
300711000198
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
446
Reduced-price lunch
29
Free or reduced-price lunch
47597.5% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Columbia Falls Elementary School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Columbia Falls

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.