BIRCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BIRCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as an expansive elementary-level community in NAMPA, Idaho, one of the schools within VALLIVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 663 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 100% larger than the state mean of about 332.

Within VALLIVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 13 schools and 10,339 students, BIRCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BIRCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 26% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, BIRCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting BIRCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 48% of students at BIRCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Canyon County) logs that median household income runs about $76,488, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Canyon County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,048 students), of which BIRCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

WILDER ACADEMY OF VIRTUAL EDUCATION is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

BIRCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 648 students in 2018 compared to 663 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 72% to 66% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 in 2025.

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