INDEPENDENCE ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL

INDEPENDENCE ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL is one of the tiny four-year high schools in BLACKFOOT, Idaho, one of the schools within BLACKFOOT DISTRICT, with 102 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. That puts it 78% leaner than the typical public school in Idaho, which averages around 455 students.

INDEPENDENCE ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 12 schools operated by BLACKFOOT DISTRICT, a district that caters to 3,796 students overall.

Demographically, INDEPENDENCE ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 34% Native American, 24% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting INDEPENDENCE ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bingham County (around 45%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the area at large, Bingham County reports that median household earnings sit near $77,878, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Bingham County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,273 students), of which INDEPENDENCE ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL is one.

BLACKFOOT HERITAGE SIXTH GRADE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

INDEPENDENCE ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. INDEPENDENCE ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 6% since 2018, when it stood at 108 (now 102). White enrollment moved from 55% to 40% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for INDEPENDENCE ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.