BOISE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Set in BOISE, Idaho, BOISE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high-enrollment high school, run under BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT. It educates 1,512 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Idaho's public schools average about 455 students each, so BOISE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits 232% bigger than that benchmark.

BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT comprises 52 schools with combined enrollment of 22,134 students; BOISE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, BOISE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 8% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Ada County's rate of about 34%.

Across the wider county, Ada County reports that median household income runs about $91,502, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ada County runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students), of which BOISE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one.

NORTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 1,521 students in 2018 compared to 1,512 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 84% to 79% over that span.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.