LEWIS & CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LEWIS & CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in POCATELLO, Idaho, overseen by POCATELLO DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 401 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, Idaho's public schools average about 332 students each, so LEWIS & CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 21% bigger than that benchmark.

Within POCATELLO DISTRICT, which oversees 23 schools and 11,448 students, LEWIS & CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, LEWIS & CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 69% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Native American. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, LEWIS & CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.2:1. The state averages about 18.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 68% of students at LEWIS & CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Bannock County's rate of about 44%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Bannock County) logs that median household earnings sit near $66,499, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Bannock County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,358 students), LEWIS & CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ALAMEDA MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 25%: 533 students in 2018 compared to 401 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.

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