GLENNS FERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 639 NORTH BANNOCK STREET, in GLENNS FERRY, Idaho, GLENNS FERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a tight-knit K-5 school that educates 139 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by GLENNS FERRY JOINT DISTRICT. That puts it 58% below the typical public school in Idaho, which averages around 332 students.

GLENNS FERRY JOINT DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 361 students. GLENNS FERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GLENNS FERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 57%; the rest comes out to 39% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 66% of students at GLENNS FERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Elmore County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Elmore County put the typical household earns roughly $65,359 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Elmore County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,507 students), GLENNS FERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

GLENNS FERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GLENNS FERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 29%, going from 195 students in 2018 to 139 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 64% to 57%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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