ST MARIES HIGH SCHOOL

ST MARIES HIGH SCHOOL is a 9-12 campus of close-knit scale in ST MARIES, Idaho, run under ST MARIES JOINT DISTRICT, caters to 282 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Idaho's public schools average about 455 students each, so ST MARIES HIGH SCHOOL sits 38% smaller than that benchmark.

Within ST MARIES JOINT DISTRICT, which oversees 4 schools and 882 students, ST MARIES HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, ST MARIES HIGH SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Other groups include 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, ST MARIES HIGH SCHOOL has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Benewah County's rate of about 60%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Benewah County indicate median household income runs about $59,794, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Benewah County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,341 students), of which ST MARIES HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is HEYBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.9 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ST MARIES HIGH SCHOOL has ticked down 3%, going from 290 students in 2018 to 282 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 94% to 85% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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