KAMIAH SENIOR HIGH

KAMIAH SENIOR HIGH is a minimally staffed 9-12 campus in KAMIAH, Idaho, operated by KAMIAH JOINT DISTRICT. The school teaches 102 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 78% leaner than the typical public school in Idaho, which averages around 455 students.

KAMIAH SENIOR HIGH is one of 3 schools operated by KAMIAH JOINT DISTRICT, a district that works with 380 students overall.

On the student-mix side, KAMIAH SENIOR HIGH logs that White students make up the majority at 65%. Beyond that, the school logs 15% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 8% Native American. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Lewis County's rate of about 43%.

In the area at large, Lewis County reports that median household earnings sit near $51,615, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Lewis County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 722 students), KAMIAH SENIOR HIGH is one campus in the mix.

KAMIAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around KAMIAH SENIOR HIGH.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. KAMIAH SENIOR HIGH's enrollment has declined 20% since 2018, when it stood at 127 (now 102). The White share of enrollment fell from 71% to 65% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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