PIONEER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in PRESTON, Idaho, PIONEER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a sprawling K-5 school, operated by PRESTON JOINT DISTRICT. It teaches 533 students across grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, Idaho's public schools average about 332 students each, so PIONEER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 61% bigger than that benchmark.

PRESTON JOINT DISTRICT runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,311 students. PIONEER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, PIONEER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PIONEER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Franklin County indicate median household income runs about $71,950, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Franklin County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,109 students), of which PIONEER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: OAKWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 8%: 493 students in 2018 compared to 533 in 2025.

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