ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a cozy elementary school in BOISE, Idaho, run under BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 200 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 40% smaller than the typical public school in Idaho, which averages around 332 students.

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

On demographics, ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). The remainder comes out to 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. About 13% 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 south of Ada County's rate of about 34%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Ada County put median household earnings sit near $91,502, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Ada County runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students), of which ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 42% since 2018, when it stood at 342 (now 200). Over the same period, the White share declined from 91% to 83%. Class-load math has fell: from 21.2:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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