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HOMEDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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HOMEDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a sizable elementary school in HOMEDALE, Idaho, part of HOMEDALE JOINT DISTRICT, caters to 524 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Idaho's public schools average about 332 students each, so HOMEDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 58% bigger than that benchmark.
HOMEDALE JOINT DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,318 students; HOMEDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.
On the student-mix side, HOMEDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 71% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 25% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, HOMEDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting HOMEDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Owyhee County indicate median household earnings sit near $64,406, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Owyhee County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,402 students), of which HOMEDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.
The closest other public school is HOMEDALE HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around HOMEDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Geographically, the school is in a rural area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HOMEDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has rose 12%, going from 466 students in 2018 to 524 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share fell from 40% to 25%.
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