PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized primary school in PINEHURST, Idaho, overseen by KELLOGG JOINT DISTRICT. The school enrolls 430 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Idaho's public schools average about 332 students each, so PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 30% larger than that benchmark.

KELLOGG JOINT DISTRICT comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,098 students; PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%); the rest reads as 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Shoshone County's rate of about 53%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Shoshone County) records that median household income runs about $55,527, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Shoshone County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,549 students), PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is KELLOGG MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 4.8 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has remained close to its prior level, going from 441 students in 2018 to 430 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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