FORT HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

FORT HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the tiny elementary-level communitys in FORT HALL, Idaho, overseen by BLACKFOOT DISTRICT, with 101 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 70% below the typical public school in Idaho, which averages around 332 students.

BLACKFOOT DISTRICT runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 3,796 students. FORT HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, FORT HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (96%) are Native American.

On the resource side, On paper, FORT HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Bingham County (around 45%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Bingham County shows the typical household earns roughly $77,878 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bingham County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,273 students), of which FORT HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: CHIEF TAHGEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around FORT HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FORT HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 35%, going from 156 students in 2018 to 101 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share shrank from 17% to 2%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.3:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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