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CECIL D ANDRUS ELEMENTARY
Test scores
ISAT 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the ISAT, Idaho's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Idaho schools, those numbers are about 53 and 44.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CECIL D ANDRUS ELEMENTARY
As a mid-sized primary school in BOISE, Idaho, CECIL D ANDRUS ELEMENTARY enrolls 377 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2.
JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2 comprises 61 schools with combined enrollment of 38,740 students; CECIL D ANDRUS ELEMENTARY is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, CECIL D ANDRUS ELEMENTARY logs that 76% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ada County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Ada County put the typical household earns roughly $91,502 per year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. CECIL D ANDRUS ELEMENTARY is one of 156 public schools in Ada County (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students).
The closest other public school is iSUCCEED VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The campus sits in a city-core setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CECIL D ANDRUS ELEMENTARY has ticked down 42%, going from 648 students in 2018 to 377 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 85% to 76% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.
Inside the community feed, the feed for CECIL D ANDRUS ELEMENTARY typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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