MALAD MIDDLE SCHOOL

MALAD MIDDLE SCHOOL, an intimate junior high in MALAD CITY, Idaho, one of the schools within ONEIDA COUNTY DISTRICT, works with 216 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 57% leaner than the state mean of about 507.

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

On the student-mix side, MALAD MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 6% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, MALAD MIDDLE SCHOOL logs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. The state averages about 17.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Oneida County put the typical household earns roughly $74,954 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Oneida County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,702 students), of which MALAD MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: MALAD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around MALAD MIDDLE SCHOOL.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. MALAD MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 209 (now 216).

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