DONNELLY ELEMENTARY

Set in DONNELLY, Idaho, DONNELLY ELEMENTARY is a close-knit elementary-level community, part of MCCALL-DONNELLY JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT. It enrolls 156 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 53% leaner than the typical public school in Idaho, which averages around 332 students.

Within MCCALL-DONNELLY JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 5 schools and 1,374 students, DONNELLY ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

On demographics, DONNELLY ELEMENTARY logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 37% of students at DONNELLY ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Valley County's rate of about 28%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Valley County) logs that median household income runs about $76,078, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Valley County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,657 students), DONNELLY ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY SCHOOL, roughly 4.6 miles away.

DONNELLY ELEMENTARY operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DONNELLY ELEMENTARY has stayed largely flat, going from 154 students in 2018 to 156 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment decreased from 8% to 2% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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