SHADOW BUTTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SHADOW BUTTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the mid-tier elementary schools in EMMETT, Idaho, operated by EMMETT INDEPENDENT DISTRICT, with 387 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Within EMMETT INDEPENDENT DISTRICT, which oversees 9 schools and 2,472 students, SHADOW BUTTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, SHADOW BUTTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, Gem County reports that median household earnings sit near $64,605, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. SHADOW BUTTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 9 public schools in Gem County (combined enrollment of about 2,472 students).

The closest other public school is EMMETT HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 3.8 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. SHADOW BUTTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 19% since 2018, when it stood at 480 (now 387). Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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