PURPLE SAGE ELEMENTARY

PURPLE SAGE ELEMENTARY is an elementary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in CALDWELL, Idaho, operated by MIDDLETON DISTRICT, educateing 453 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 36% above the typical public school in Idaho, which averages around 332 students.

MIDDLETON DISTRICT comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 4,306 students; PURPLE SAGE ELEMENTARY is among them.

On the student-mix side, PURPLE SAGE ELEMENTARY records that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 32% of students at PURPLE SAGE ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Canyon County's rate of about 51%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Canyon County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $76,488 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Canyon County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,048 students), of which PURPLE SAGE ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: PROMISE ACADEMY, around 2.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 5%: 475 students in 2018 compared to 453 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

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