HORSESHOE BEND MIDDLE/SR HIGH

HORSESHOE BEND MIDDLE/SR HIGH is one of the very small four-year high schools in HORSESHOE BEND, Idaho, one of the schools within HORSESHOE BEND SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 86 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. That puts it 81% below the typical public school in Idaho, which averages around 455 students.

HORSESHOE BEND SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 170 students. HORSESHOE BEND MIDDLE/SR HIGH is one of those campuses.

On demographics, HORSESHOE BEND MIDDLE/SR HIGH logs that nearly all students (83%) are White. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Boise County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Boise County put the typical household earns roughly $78,774 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Boise County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 690 students), HORSESHOE BEND MIDDLE/SR HIGH is one campus in the mix.

HORSESHOE BEND ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

HORSESHOE BEND MIDDLE/SR HIGH operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HORSESHOE BEND MIDDLE/SR HIGH has declined 35%, going from 132 students in 2018 to 86 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 7.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for HORSESHOE BEND MIDDLE/SR HIGH typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.