PAYETTE RIVER TECHNICAL ACADEMY

PAYETTE RIVER TECHNICAL ACADEMY is an one-room-style senior high in EMMETT, Idaho, one of the schools within EMMETT INDEPENDENT DISTRICT. The school instructs 2 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 100% below the typical public school in Idaho, which averages around 455 students.

Across the 9 schools in EMMETT INDEPENDENT DISTRICT (2,472 students total), PAYETTE RIVER TECHNICAL ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PAYETTE RIVER TECHNICAL ACADEMY records that 100% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, PAYETTE RIVER TECHNICAL ACADEMY shows 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 0.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.0:1 average.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Gem County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $64,605 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. PAYETTE RIVER TECHNICAL ACADEMY is one of 9 public schools in Gem County (combined enrollment of about 2,472 students).

EMMETT HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

The school occupies a town-center site. PAYETTE RIVER TECHNICAL ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 71%: 7 students in 2018 compared to 2 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked up from 86% to 100%.

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