PRESTON HIGH SCHOOL

PRESTON HIGH SCHOOL is one of the mid-sized senior highs in PRESTON, Idaho, run under PRESTON JOINT DISTRICT, with 679 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 49% above the state mean of about 455.

Across the 5 schools in PRESTON JOINT DISTRICT (2,311 students total), PRESTON HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, PRESTON HIGH SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Beyond that, the school shows 11% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 34% of students at PRESTON HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Franklin County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Franklin County shows median household income runs about $71,950, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. PRESTON HIGH SCHOOL is one of 8 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 3,109 students).

Nearest neighbor: FRANKLIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PRESTON HIGH SCHOOL has contracted 13%, going from 778 students in 2018 to 679 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 today.

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