Enrollment
200
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 332
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT·NCES 160036000042
ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1725 EAST WARM SPRINGS AVENUE, BOISE, ID 83712 · (208) 854-4190 · Ada County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL200 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of Idaho public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Idaho public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
25 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 46%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 20 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 20% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 26% smaller than its 6th grade class (27).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 44% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ISAT 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
76.9%
ID avg 53.4%
Math
76.2%
ID avg 43.5%
What this means: On the ISAT, Idaho's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Idaho schools, those numbers are about 53 and 44.
Source: ISAT. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Schools most like ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 200 | 12.5% | N/A |
| FALCON RIDGE PUBLIC CHARTER KUNA | 275 | 17.5% | N/A |
| LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOISE | 248 | 15.3% | N/A |
| WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOISE | 268 | 11.9% | N/A |
| ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOISE | 284 | 16.2% | N/A |
| HIDDEN SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIDDEN SPRINGS | 247 | 4.9% | N/A |
Matched among Idaho elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Idaho | In Ada County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.2% | #10 of 323 | #4 of 79 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #16 of 319 | #10 of 78 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 200 | #296 of 393 | #77 of 83 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #59 of 295 | #20 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.1% | #217 of 296 | #71 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.5% | #320 of 328 | #68 of 76 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.5% | #7 of 208 | #4 of 58 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
200
-45 (-18%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 186
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 17.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 200 | 13 | 15.4:1 | 13% (25) |
| 2023-24 | 240 | 13.8 | 17.3:1 | 8% (18) |
| 2022-23 | 272 | 15 | 18.1:1 | 8% (21) |
| 2020-21 | 245 | 14 | 17.5:1 | 13% (31) |
| 2017-18 | 342 | 16.1 | 21.2:1 | 12% (41) |
| 2015-16 | 346 | 16 | 21.6:1 | 15% (51) |
| 2010-11 | 338 | 19 | 17.8:1 | 17% (56) |
| 2000-01 | 284 | 17 | 16.7:1 | 14% (40) |
| 1990-91 | 186 | 8 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (342 to 200); teachers down 19% (16.1 to 13).
About ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school located in BOISE, Idaho, in Ada County. The school serves pre-K through 6. Enrollment is 200 students. Elementary schools in Idaho have about 332 students on average; enrollment here is 40% lower.
BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT has 52 schools and 22,134 students, and ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
A large majority of enrollment at ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White, at 83%. The school is also 8% multiracial and 6% Hispanic. Among Ada County residents, the White share is about 83%. The diversity index for ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 30%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.4:1. The school has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Idaho is 2.6 students per teacher. In all, 13% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 34% average for public schools in Ada County is 21 points higher.
Among Idaho public elementary schools, ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 96%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Ada County show that the median household earns about $91,502 a year, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's public schools total 156, with about 80,006 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.6 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 200, from 245 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.5:1 in 2020-21, and 15.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Ada County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
518,935
Census ACS
Median income
$91,502
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
80,006 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT
- BOISE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,512 students
- BORAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,308 students
- TIMBERLINE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,307 students
- CAPITAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,170 students
- NORTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 886 students
- WEST JUNIOR HIGHMiddle · 717 students
Other schools in BOISE
- CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,743 students
- BOISE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,512 students
- BORAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,308 students
- TIMBERLINE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,307 students
- iSUCCEED VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,290 students
- INSPIRE VIRTUAL CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,210 students
Other Adams Elementary schools
40 other US public schools in 20 states are named Adams Elementary. ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 38th largest of the 41.
- ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLREXBURG, ID · 270 students
- ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLINCOLN, NE · 767 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolARLINGTON, TX · 743 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 667 students
- Adams ElementaryCary, NC · 655 students
Nearby schools
- ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 284
- SAGE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BOISE0.7 mi · 1,033
- GARFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 278
- LINCOLN EARLY LEARNING CENTER1.4 mi · 51
- WHITE PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 555
- TIMBERLINE HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,307
Frequently asked questions
About ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 200 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
How diverse is ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 83% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT.
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