SILVER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL

SILVER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL is a tiny high school in HAILEY, Idaho, part of BLAINE COUNTY DISTRICT. The school serves 51 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 89% below the state mean of about 455.

BLAINE COUNTY DISTRICT comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,102 students; SILVER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, SILVER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL records that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 41% White, 12% multiracial. By comparison, Blaine County as a whole is about 22% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting SILVER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Blaine County (around 39%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Blaine County indicate median household earnings sit near $92,566, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Blaine County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,230 students), of which SILVER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL is one.

WOOD RIVER HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around SILVER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL.

SILVER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 16%: 44 students in 2018 compared to 51 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 50% to 41% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 8.8:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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