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Great Falls High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1900 2nd Avenue South
Great Falls, MT 59405
Phone
(406) 268-6250
District
GREAT FALLS H S
County
CASCADE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1640
Classroom Teachers
99

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Montana

5

(10 is best)

Better than 43.9% of all MT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Great Falls High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

50 40 30 20 10 0
27%
36%
32%
44%
22%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
17
16
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 453 27.6%
Grade 10 437 26.6%
Grade 11 413 25.2%
Grade 12 337 20.5%
Total 1640 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 75.9% 79.7% 81.2%
Black 2.7% 2.1% 0.8%
Hispanic 7.2% 6.5% 5.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.4% 1.1% 0.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 12.8% 10.5% 11.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported 0.1%
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported 0.1%
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported 0.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 75,073 1,122,867
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 189.1 7
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.8% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.1% 18.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.6% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.7% 24.7%
65 OR OLDER 17.9% 19.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 30,567 443,917
Single Parent Households With Children 9.1% 6.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.1% 94.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 27.8% 34.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 8.5% 14.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.4% 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.5% 13.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.6% 18.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 20.3% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.2% 12.2%
$15,000 or less 11.5% 8.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,670 $19,629,810 36.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $488 $1,436,184 2.7%
Staff $176 $517,968 1.0%
General Administration $295 $868,185 1.6%
School Administration $658 $1,936,494 3.6%
Operation $1,555 $4,576,365 8.6%
Transportation $300 $882,900 1.7%
Other $330 $971,190 1.8%
Total Support $3,802 $11,189,286 20.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $7,713 $22,699,359 42.4%
Total Expenditures $18,185 $53,518,455 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,083 $1,056,883,697 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $694 $103,488,902 4.8%
Staff $415 $61,937,124 2.8%
General Administration $391 $58,320,392 2.7%
School Administration $679 $101,279,879 4.7%
Operation $1,223 $182,486,282 8.4%
Transportation $551 $82,271,867 3.8%
Other $356 $53,153,862 2.4%
Total Support $4,309 $642,927,677 29.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,189 $475,825,278 21.9%
Total Expenditures $14,580 $2,175,644,910 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%