RIVERBEND ELEMENTARY

RIVERBEND ELEMENTARY operates as a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in BLACKFOOT, Idaho, one of the schools within BLACKFOOT DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 403 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Idaho's public schools average about 332 students each, so RIVERBEND ELEMENTARY sits 21% above that benchmark.

RIVERBEND ELEMENTARY is one of 12 schools operated by BLACKFOOT DISTRICT, a district that educates 3,796 students overall.

In terms of who attends, RIVERBEND ELEMENTARY logs that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 22% Hispanic, 15% Native American, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, RIVERBEND ELEMENTARY shows 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting RIVERBEND ELEMENTARY higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 49% of students at RIVERBEND ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Bingham County indicate median household income runs about $77,878, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Bingham County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,273 students), RIVERBEND ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

BLACKFOOT HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 9%: 443 students in 2018 compared to 403 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for RIVERBEND ELEMENTARY typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.