MORLEY NELSON ELEMENTARY

MORLEY NELSON ELEMENTARY, a medium-sized primary school in BOISE, Idaho, overseen by BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT, teaches 392 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 52 schools in BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT (22,134 students total), MORLEY NELSON ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, MORLEY NELSON ELEMENTARY lists that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 31% Hispanic, 13% Black, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the resource side, MORLEY NELSON ELEMENTARY logs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting MORLEY NELSON ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Ada County (around 34%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Ada County put the typical household earns roughly $91,502 per year, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. MORLEY NELSON ELEMENTARY is one of 156 public schools in Ada County (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students).

The closest other public school is FAIRMONT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MORLEY NELSON ELEMENTARY.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 28%: 545 students in 2018 compared to 392 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 56% to 46% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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