Bigfork Elementary School District

Public Regional · 3 towns Grades PK–8 B+School Grade

Elementary and middle schools for Bigfork, Woods Bay and Bear Dance.

At a glance

579Students enrolled

2Schools

3Towns served

$10,729Spent per student

16:1Student–teacher ratio

28%Free / reduced lunch

School path

Where would my kid go?

BigforkWoods BayBear Dance

Grades PK–5

Bigfork Elementary343 students · BigforkThis district

Grades 6–8

Bigfork 6-8236 students · BigforkThis district

Grades 9–12

Bigfork High School333 students · BigforkBigfork High School District

Grades PK–5

Bigfork Elementary343 students · BigforkThis district

Grades 6–8

Bigfork 6-8236 students · BigforkThis district

Grades 9–12

Bigfork High School333 students · BigforkBigfork High School District

Grades PK–5

Bigfork Elementary or Cherry Valley SchoolDepends on your addressThis district

Grades 5

Linderman School or Bigfork ElementaryDepends on your addressPolson Elementary School District

Grades 6–8

Polson Middle School or Bigfork 6-8Depends on your addressPolson Elementary School District

Grades 9–12

Polson High School or Bigfork High SchoolDepends on your addressPolson High School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Where a town has more than one school at a grade, your street decides; check with the district before you enroll.

Academic performanceDistrict vs MT

Math proficiency34%

State average 34.6%

Reading / language arts59%

State average 46.2%

Graduation rate 87% at Bigfork High School District, which runs the high school (state 84.9%) · class of 2020

EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal (tests 2020–21). The tick marks the state average.

Where the money goes

$10,729

per student each year · 21% below the MT average

Spending

Classroom instruction66%

Support & administration34%

Other0%

Paid for by

Local (mostly property tax)52%

State36%

Federal12%

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (fiscal 2024).

Enrollment · last 5 years

582’20

605’21

610’22

598’23

579’24

Students

White · 92%534

Hispanic · 4%25

American Indian/Alaska Native · 2%9

Two or more races · 1%6

Asian · 1%3

Black · 0%2

Across the district's schools, as reported to NCES.

Towns served

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Bigfork5,565 people

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Woods Bay835 people

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Bear Dance220 people

Schools2 in district · 2 next

This district · grades PK–8

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Bigfork ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 343 students · Bigfork

BPublic 📚

Bigfork 6-8Middle · Grades 6–8 · 236 students · Bigfork

A-Public

Where students go next · Bigfork High School District and Polson High School District

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Bigfork High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 333 students · Bigfork

C+Public 🏫

Polson High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 517 students · Polson

C+Public

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.

District facts from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory and school district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau's school finance survey. Test scores and graduation rates from EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Neighbor ratings reflect opinions, not an official measure of school quality.