AMITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

AMITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the mid-tier primary schools in BOISE, Idaho, run under BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT, with 371 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

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

On demographics, AMITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, AMITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, Ada County reports that median household income runs about $91,502, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. AMITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 156 public schools in Ada County (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students).

The closest other public school is LAKE HAZEL MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 1.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 34%: 559 students in 2018 compared to 371 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 88% to 77%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

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