ACEQUIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ACEQUIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a low-enrollment K-5 school in RUPERT, Idaho, run under MINIDOKA COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 253 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 24% below the state mean of about 332.

ACEQUIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 11 schools operated by MINIDOKA COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT, a district that educates 4,267 students overall.

In terms of who attends, ACEQUIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 32% Hispanic. Compared to Minidoka County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, ACEQUIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting ACEQUIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Minidoka County) logs that median household income runs about $70,377, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Minidoka County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,267 students), of which ACEQUIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is RUPERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 4.6 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 25%: 337 students in 2018 compared to 253 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share expanded from 64% to 68%.

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