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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Swan River School, Bigfork, MT

CEP schoolSwan River School is a public elementary school in Bigfork, part of Swan River Elementary School District. It enrolled 106 students in 2024-25, with 13.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
106
Teachers (FTE)
8.0
Students per teacher
13.2
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 1.0 higher than the district figure of 12.2. The Montana average across schools is 14.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school13.2
District12.2
Montana14.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
1205 Swan Highway, Bigfork, MT 59911
Phone
(406)837-4528
District
Swan River Elementary School District
County
Flathead County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Locale
Rural: Remote
NCES school ID
302550000730
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
106
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
106100.0% 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

Elementary schools elsewhere in Bigfork

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.