RULON M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in CHUBBUCK, Idaho, RULON M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary-level community, overseen by POCATELLO DISTRICT. It instructs 352 students across grades pre-K through 5.

RULON M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 23 schools operated by POCATELLO DISTRICT, a district that hosts 11,448 students overall.

In terms of who attends, RULON M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Native American.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Bannock County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Bannock County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,499 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Bannock County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,358 students), RULON M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

CHUBBUCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RULON M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 20%: 441 students in 2018 compared to 352 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 80% to 76% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 today.

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