SAGE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a substantial junior high in CALDWELL, Idaho, SAGE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL teaches 886 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within VALLIVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, Idaho's public schools average about 507 students each, so SAGE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 75% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 13 schools in VALLIVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT (10,339 students total), SAGE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SAGE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that White students make up the majority at 59%. Beyond that, the school lists 34% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, SAGE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL logs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.9:1. The state averages around 17.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Canyon County (around 51%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Canyon County indicate median household income runs about $76,488, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Canyon County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,048 students), of which SAGE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

DESERT SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SAGE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL has decreased 21%, going from 1,116 students in 2018 to 886 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 in 2025.

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