TRAIL WIND ELEMENTARY

TRAIL WIND ELEMENTARY is one of the mid-sized primary schools in BOISE, Idaho, overseen by BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT, with 475 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 43% larger than the typical public school in Idaho, which averages around 332 students.

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

In terms of who attends, TRAIL WIND ELEMENTARY logs that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment; the rest consists of 10% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Ada County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Ada County indicate 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. Across Ada County's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students), TRAIL WIND ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

LES BOIS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TRAIL WIND ELEMENTARY.

TRAIL WIND ELEMENTARY operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 32%: 700 students in 2018 compared to 475 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 78% to 72% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 in 2025.

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