LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary-level community in BOISE, Idaho, overseen by BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT, instructs 403 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 21% larger than the typical public school in Idaho, which averages around 332 students.

LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 52 schools operated by BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT, a district that instructs 22,134 students overall.

Demographically, LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.2:1. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ada County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, Ada County reports that the typical household earns roughly $91,502 per year, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Ada County's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students), LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 23%: 526 students in 2018 compared to 403 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 84% to 78% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

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