CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in SUGAR CITY, Idaho, CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school, overseen by SUGAR-SALEM JOINT DISTRICT. It hosts 319 students across grades pre-K through 2.

SUGAR-SALEM JOINT DISTRICT comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,302 students; CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Madison County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. Roughly 49% of students at CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Madison County's rate of about 36%.

Around the school, census data for Madison County shows median household earnings sit near $60,160, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Madison County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,022 students), of which CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

KERSHAW INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 27% since 2018, when it stood at 435 (now 319). White enrollment moved from 96% to 84% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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