NORTH VALLEY ACADEMY

Set in GOODING, Idaho, NORTH VALLEY ACADEMY is a cozy multi-level school, one of the schools within NORTH VALLEY ACADEMY INC.. It educates 197 students across grades K through 12. By comparison, Idaho's public schools average about 488 students each, so NORTH VALLEY ACADEMY sits 60% smaller than that benchmark.

Operationally, NORTH VALLEY ACADEMY answers to NORTH VALLEY ACADEMY INC., which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, NORTH VALLEY ACADEMY lists that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 29% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 31.4:1 average. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Gooding County indicate median household earnings sit near $63,559, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Gooding County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,085 students), NORTH VALLEY ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: GOODING ALTERNATIVE LEARNING CENTER, around 0.0 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area. NORTH VALLEY ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORTH VALLEY ACADEMY has ticked down 13%, going from 227 students in 2018 to 197 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 76% to 61% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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