SWEET MONTOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SWEET MONTOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a minimally staffed K-5 school in SWEET, Idaho, part of EMMETT INDEPENDENT DISTRICT, works with 39 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 88% leaner than the typical public school in Idaho, which averages around 332 students.

SWEET MONTOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 9 schools operated by EMMETT INDEPENDENT DISTRICT, a district that teaches 2,472 students overall.

On the student-mix side, SWEET MONTOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Beyond that, the school logs 15% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting SWEET MONTOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Gem County indicate median household income runs about $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%. Across Gem County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,472 students), SWEET MONTOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HORSESHOE BEND ELEMENTARY, around 7.4 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. SWEET MONTOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 36 (now 39). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 11% to 15% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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