INDIAN CREEK ELEMENTARY

Set in KUNA, Idaho, INDIAN CREEK ELEMENTARY is a moderately sized elementary-level community, run under KUNA JOINT DISTRICT. It instructs 296 students across grades pre-K through 3.

Within KUNA JOINT DISTRICT, which oversees 12 schools and 5,778 students, INDIAN CREEK ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

On demographics, INDIAN CREEK ELEMENTARY lists that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Ada County's rate of about 34%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Ada County indicate median household income runs about $91,502, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Ada County runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students), of which INDIAN CREEK ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: ROSS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around INDIAN CREEK ELEMENTARY.

INDIAN CREEK ELEMENTARY operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. INDIAN CREEK ELEMENTARY's enrollment has edged up 38% since 2018, when it stood at 215 (now 296). Over the same period, the White share declined from 90% to 80%.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.