OREGON TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a mid-sized elementary-level community in TWIN FALLS, Idaho, OREGON TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls 496 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of TWIN FALLS DISTRICT. By comparison, Idaho's public schools average about 332 students each, so OREGON TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 49% bigger than that benchmark.

Within TWIN FALLS DISTRICT, which oversees 18 schools and 9,000 students, OREGON TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, OREGON TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 44% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Twin Falls County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, OREGON TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Twin Falls County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, census data for Twin Falls County shows median household earnings sit near $67,409, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. OREGON TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 41 public schools in Twin Falls County (combined enrollment of about 16,273 students).

PINECREST ACADEMY OF IDAHO is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. OREGON TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 599 (now 496). Over the same period, the White share fell from 59% to 48%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

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