BLACK CANYON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in GRACE, Idaho, BLACK CANYON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack primary school, one of the schools within GRACE JOINT DISTRICT. It hosts 292 students across grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 2 schools in GRACE JOINT DISTRICT (548 students total), BLACK CANYON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, BLACK CANYON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 10% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Caribou County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, BLACK CANYON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.5:1. The state averages about 18.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Caribou County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Caribou County) records that the typical household earns roughly $68,782 per year, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Caribou County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,541 students), BLACK CANYON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

GRACE JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.