MCSORLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in LEWISTON, Idaho, MCSORLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school, run under LEWISTON INDEPENDENT DISTRICT. It caters to 242 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 27% leaner than the state mean of about 332.

LEWISTON INDEPENDENT DISTRICT comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 4,479 students; MCSORLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, MCSORLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that White students make up the majority at 79%; the rest comes out to 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, MCSORLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Nez Perce County put median household earnings sit near $72,599, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Nez Perce County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,240 students), of which MCSORLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: JENIFER MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MCSORLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. MCSORLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 25% since 2018, when it stood at 323 (now 242). The White share of enrollment fell from 85% to 79% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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