IDAHO HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a very small primary school in OLDTOWN, Idaho, IDAHO HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL teaches 126 students from grades pre-K through 6, operated by WEST BONNER COUNTY DISTRICT. That puts it 62% below the typical public school in Idaho, which averages around 332 students.

Across the 4 schools in WEST BONNER COUNTY DISTRICT (927 students total), IDAHO HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, IDAHO HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Bonner County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting IDAHO HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Bonner County put median household earnings sit near $66,979, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Bonner County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,835 students), IDAHO HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Sadie Halstead Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at IDAHO HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has changed only slightly, going from 128 students in 2018 to 126 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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