ALAMEDA MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a reasonably sized middle school in POCATELLO, Idaho, ALAMEDA MIDDLE SCHOOL instructs 572 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by POCATELLO DISTRICT.

POCATELLO DISTRICT comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 11,448 students; ALAMEDA MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, ALAMEDA MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that 73% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 18% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Native American. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Bannock County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,499, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bannock County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,358 students), of which ALAMEDA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

LEWIS & CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 23%: 741 students in 2018 compared to 572 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 79% to 73%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

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