GOODING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As an average-sized elementary-level community in GOODING, Idaho, GOODING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL instructs 484 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under GOODING JOINT DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 46% larger than the state mean of about 332.

Within GOODING JOINT DISTRICT, which oversees 4 schools and 1,189 students, GOODING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, GOODING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 47% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting GOODING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 63% of students at GOODING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the area at large, Gooding County reports that median household earnings sit near $63,559, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. GOODING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 12 public schools in Gooding County (combined enrollment of about 3,085 students).

Nearest neighbor: GOODING MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GOODING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 24%, going from 634 students in 2018 to 484 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 37% to 47% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

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