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Glacier Gateway Elem

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Regular School · Columbia Falls, MT

Glacier Gateway Elem is a regular school school in Columbia Falls, Montana, serving grades PK–05 with 471 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 14.5:1.

Level
Elementary
Grades
PK – 05
Enrollment
471
Teachers (FTE)
32.5
Student–Teacher Ratio
14.5:1
Status
Open
Lunch Program Participation
Yes under Community Eligibility Option (CEO)

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity Students Share
White 405 86%
Two or more races 33 7%
Hispanic/Latino 25 5%
American Indian / Alaska Native 7 1%
Asian 1 0%
Total enrollment 471 232M / 239F

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric This School State Avg Tested
Math Proficiency 27.0% -8.6pp 35.6% 232
Reading Proficiency 35.0% -13.6pp 48.6% 234
Science Proficiency n/a

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)
-0.23 grade levels
Math
-0.08 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
Program offered
27 students enrolled
Out-of-School Suspensions
5
1.1% of enrollment · SY 2021–22
Chronically Absent
126
26.8% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category Students % of School
Total enrollment (est.) 471 100%

Contact & Location

PO Box 1259

Columbia Falls, MT 59912

Phone: (406)892-6540

http://glaciergateway.org

District

Columbia Falls Elem

Per-pupil expenditure: $20,202

District enrollment: 1,562

Other Schools in District

NCES ID

300711000196

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD