CLEARWATER VALLEY ELEMENTARY

As a micro-enrollment K-5 school in KOOSKIA, Idaho, CLEARWATER VALLEY ELEMENTARY educates 117 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within MOUNTAIN VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 65% below the state mean of about 332.

MOUNTAIN VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,048 students. CLEARWATER VALLEY ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

On demographics, CLEARWATER VALLEY ELEMENTARY shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%); the rest is composed of 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Idaho County's rate of about 44%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Idaho County indicate median household income runs about $66,325, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Idaho County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,647 students), CLEARWATER VALLEY ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

CLEARWATER VALLEY JR/SR is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.1 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CLEARWATER VALLEY ELEMENTARY has shrank 41%, going from 200 students in 2018 to 117 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 89% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.