Regular local school district · Cascade County
Great Falls Elementary School District, MT: schools, enrollment and spending
Great Falls Elementary School District runs 17 public schools with 6,890 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 14.9 students per teacher is about the same as the Montana figure of 14.2.Listed in NCES data as "Great Falls Elem".
At a glance
- Schools
- 17
- Students
- 6,890
- Teachers (FTE)
- 462
- Students per teacher
- 14.9
- MT: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1100 4th St So, Great Falls, MT 59405
- Phone
- (406)268-6447
- County
- Cascade County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3013040
- State district ID
- MT-0098
- Total staff (FTE)
- 958
- School counselors (FTE)
- 19.0About 363 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 19.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.9
Montana14.2
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (7,026), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $90.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $18.8 million
- State revenue
- $37.5 million
- Local revenue
- $34.4 million
- Total spending
- $90.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,847
- Salaries
- $50.3 million55.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $44.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 20.7%
- State: 41.3%
- Local: 37.9%
Montana overall
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 42.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,847
Montana$15,680
United States$16,826
Schools in Great Falls Elementary School District
By level: 2 middle, 15 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Chief Joseph School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 260 | 12.4 |
| CORE School at Morningside Elementary | Elementary | K to 6 | 297 | 14.1 |
| East Middle School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 764 | 13.6 |
| Giant Springs ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 431 | 14.9 |
| Lewis & Clark School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 338 | 19.9 |
| Lincoln School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 373 | 16.2 |
| Longfellow SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 263 | 12.5 |
| Loy School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 392 | 17.8 |
| Meadow Lark School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 527 | 20.3 |
| Mountain View SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 315 | 9.8 |
| North Middle School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 764 | 15.0 |
| Riverview School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 445 | 21.2 |
| Sacajawea School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 405 | 18.4 |
| Sunnyside SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 396 | 15.8 |
| Valley View School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 312 | 14.9 |
| West ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 421 | 14.0 |
| Whittier SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 187 | 11.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Cascade County
- Great Falls High School 2,960 students
- Belt Elementary School District 257 students
- Centerville Elementary School District 242 students
- Cascade Elementary School District 218 students
- Sun River Valley Elementary School District 154 students
- Vaughn Elementary School District 136 students
- Ulm Elementary School District 114 students
- Cascade High School 111 students
- Belt High School 92 students
- Simms High School 91 students
- Centerville High School 73 students
- Mont Sch for Deaf Blind 35 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.