SHADOW HILLS ELEMENTARY

SHADOW HILLS ELEMENTARY is an elementary campus of mid-tier scale in BOISE, Idaho, overseen by BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT, caters to 404 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 22% bigger than the typical public school in Idaho, which averages around 332 students.

Across the 52 schools in BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT (22,134 students total), SHADOW HILLS ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, SHADOW HILLS ELEMENTARY lists that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment; the rest consists of 14% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, SHADOW HILLS ELEMENTARY has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Ada County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $91,502 per year, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SHADOW HILLS ELEMENTARY is one of 156 public schools in Ada County (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students).

The closest other public school is TREASURE VALLEY MATH/SCIENCE, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SHADOW HILLS ELEMENTARY.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 33%: 601 students in 2018 compared to 404 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 83% to 75% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

On this page, members of the SHADOW HILLS ELEMENTARY community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.