ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
- Top 20% in the nation on standardized tests
- State model for all-day kindergarten
- Innovative programs
- Highest level of proficiency in math and reading among all Montana AA districts
- Among the Lowest dollars/pupil spent across Montana AA districts
- Nationally recognized students across multiple grade levels
- Award-winning teachers and principals!
WHO WE ARE
- Approximately 10,500 students
- Approximately 855 licensed teachers and administrators
- 580 FTE classified staff
- 20 sites within the city
- 1.9 million square feet of building space
- 295 acres of land cared for by eight groundskeepers
- 200 substitute teachers
- 3rd largest employer in Great Falls after MAFB and Benefis
- 120-year-old GFPS has been a long-time community asset with a reputation of being committed to student achievement
- 44% of all GFPS elementary students live at or below the poverty line
- Students score in the top 20% in the nation on standardized tests
- 11 administrators have won awards this year
- 12 teachers have received prestigious state and national awards this year
PLANNING FOR OUR FUTURE
- Maintain the excellent academic programming that is currently in place
- Enhanced partnerships with the community to find ways to entice our graduates to live and work in this great city
- Competitive pay to attract skilled and committed staff
- Enhanced instructional practices that engage today’s learner
- Expansion of vocational programming to meet the workplace needs of our community
- 21st century tools in our schools to prepare our students for tomorrow
- Securing grants for additional revenue
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