MALAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MALAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-tier elementary campus in MALAD CITY, Idaho, part of ONEIDA COUNTY DISTRICT. The school caters to 386 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 5 schools in ONEIDA COUNTY DISTRICT (8,702 students total), MALAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, MALAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.3:1. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Oneida County) records that median household income runs about $74,954, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Oneida County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,702 students), of which MALAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

MALAD MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around MALAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

MALAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 4%: 404 students in 2018 compared to 386 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.