AMERICAN FALLS HIGH SCHOOL

AMERICAN FALLS HIGH SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack senior high in AMERICAN FALLS, Idaho, overseen by AMERICAN FALLS JOINT DISTRICT. The school teaches 436 students in grades 9 through 12.

Across the 5 schools in AMERICAN FALLS JOINT DISTRICT (1,514 students total), AMERICAN FALLS HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, AMERICAN FALLS HIGH SCHOOL logs that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 40% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 57% of students at AMERICAN FALLS HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Power County put median household earnings sit near $61,146, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Power County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,699 students), AMERICAN FALLS HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: AMERICAN FALLS ACADEMY, around 0.6 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AMERICAN FALLS HIGH SCHOOL has climbed 7%, going from 408 students in 2018 to 436 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 48% to 56%.

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