DESERT SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

DESERT SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a roomy elementary-level community in NAMPA, Idaho, one of the schools within VALLIVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT, instructs 686 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Idaho's public schools average about 332 students each, so DESERT SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 107% above that benchmark.

Within VALLIVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 13 schools and 10,339 students, DESERT SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, DESERT SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 44% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Canyon County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Canyon County put median household earnings sit near $76,488, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. DESERT SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 83 public schools in Canyon County (combined enrollment of about 44,048 students).

Nearest neighbor: SAGE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DESERT SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged up 6%, going from 650 students in 2018 to 686 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 56% to 50% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 in 2025.

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