BRUNEAU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BRUNEAU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the very small elementary-level communitys in BRUNEAU, Idaho, overseen by BRUNEAU-GRAND VIEW JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 31 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 332 students per school, that is 91% below typical.

Within BRUNEAU-GRAND VIEW JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 263 students, BRUNEAU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, BRUNEAU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 23% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the area at large, Owyhee County reports that median household earnings sit near $64,406, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Owyhee County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,402 students), of which BRUNEAU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

RIMROCK JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 10.0 miles from this campus.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BRUNEAU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 43%, going from 54 students in 2018 to 31 in 2025. The White share of enrollment rose from 56% to 71% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

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