HIDDEN SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in HIDDEN SPRINGS, Idaho, HIDDEN SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small K-5 school, run under BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT. It hosts 247 students across grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Idaho's public schools average about 332 students each, so HIDDEN SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 26% below that benchmark.

BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 22,134 students. HIDDEN SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, HIDDEN SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Other groups include 9% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Ada County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, HIDDEN SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 5% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ada County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Ada County put median household earnings sit near $91,502, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HIDDEN SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 156 public schools in Ada County (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students).

Nearest neighbor: RIVERGLEN JR HIGH SCHOOL, around 3.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. HIDDEN SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 28% since 2018, when it stood at 343 (now 247). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 90% to 85%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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