CLAUDE A WILCOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CLAUDE A WILCOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized elementary school in POCATELLO, Idaho, overseen by POCATELLO DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 464 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, Idaho's public schools average about 332 students each, so CLAUDE A WILCOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 40% bigger than that benchmark.

Within POCATELLO DISTRICT, which oversees 23 schools and 11,448 students, CLAUDE A WILCOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, CLAUDE A WILCOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Native American. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, CLAUDE A WILCOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bannock County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Bannock County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,499 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Bannock County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,358 students), CLAUDE A WILCOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

HAWTHORNE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

CLAUDE A WILCOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 10%: 514 students in 2018 compared to 464 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 72% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.