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Enrollment
477
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 332
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2·NCES 160210000901
DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
9325 WEST MOSSYWOOD STREET, BOISE, ID 83709 · (208) 350-4020 · Ada County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL477 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of Idaho public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Idaho public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
313 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 46%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 25 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 44% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ISAT 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
36.8%
ID avg 53.4%
Math
34.4%
ID avg 43.5%
What this means: On the ISAT, Idaho's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Idaho schools, those numbers are about 53 and 44.
Source: ISAT. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Schools most like DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 477 | 65.6% | N/A |
| FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOISE | 263 | 51.0% | N/A |
| GARFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOISE | 278 | 96.8% | N/A |
| KOELSCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOISE | 321 | 95.6% | N/A |
| MORLEY NELSON ELEMENTARY BOISE | 392 | 97.7% | N/A |
| HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOISE | 299 | 98.7% | N/A |
Matched among Idaho elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Idaho | In Ada County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #250 of 323 | #68 of 79 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #266 of 319 | #71 of 78 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 477 | #78 of 393 | #19 of 83 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #11 of 295 | #4 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #3 of 296 | #1 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.6% | #57 of 328 | #16 of 76 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.6% | #43 of 208 | #22 of 58 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
477
-59 (-11%) vs 2020
-30% since 2010-11, when it was 682
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 477 | 36.2 | 13.2:1 | 66% (313) |
| 2023-24 | 497 | 37.2 | 13.4:1 | 59% (291) |
| 2022-23 | 522 | 38.2 | 13.7:1 | 53% (276) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | 36 | 14.9:1 | 42% (226) |
| 2017-18 | 659 | 42.7 | 15.4:1 | 62% (408) |
| 2015-16 | 658 | 39 | 16.9:1 | 63% (412) |
| 2010-11 | 682 | 36 | 18.9:1 | 49% (336) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (659 to 477); teachers down 15% (42.7 to 36.2).
About DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in BOISE, Idaho. It reports enrollment of 477 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Idaho enroll around 332, and this school is 44% larger than that mark.
DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 61 schools in JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2, which enrolls 38,740 students in total.
At DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, White students make up the biggest share, 48%. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 18% Black, 6% Asian, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Ada County residents are about 83% White. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
There are about 13.2 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, which has 36.2. The school's 13.2:1 compares with an average of 18.1:1 for elementary schools in Idaho. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 66%. That is 32 points above the 34% average for public schools in Ada County.
DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 16% of Idaho public elementary schools.
Census data for Ada County show the median household earns about $91,502 a year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Ada County number 156, with about 80,006 students.
DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is CHRISTINE DONNELL SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
Federal data place DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 11% across 4 years, from 536 in 2020-21 to 477 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.9:1 to 13.2:1.
On allk12, people connected to DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Ada County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
518,935
Census ACS
Median income
$91,502
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
80,006 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2
- MOUNTAIN VIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,463 students
- OWYHEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,884 students
- ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,848 students
- MERIDIAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,774 students
- EAGLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,765 students
- CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,743 students
Other schools in BOISE
- CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,743 students
- BOISE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,512 students
- BORAH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,308 students
- TIMBERLINE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,307 students
- iSUCCEED VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,290 students
- INSPIRE VIRTUAL CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,210 students
Other Desert Sage Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Desert Sage Elementary. DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Desert Sage Elementary SchoolGLENDALE, AZ · 594 students
- Desert Sage Elementary SchoolPUEBLO WEST, CO · 368 students
Nearby schools
- CHRISTINE DONNELL SCHOOL OF THE ARTS0.9 mi · 464
- LAKE HAZEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 328
- SILVER SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 250
- AMITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 371
- LAKE HAZEL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 986
- WEST JUNIOR HIGH2.3 mi · 717
Frequently asked questions
About DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 477 students in grades PK-05.
Is DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 48% White, 18% Hispanic, 18% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.