VALLEY SCHOOL

VALLEY SCHOOL is a multi-level school of mid-tier scale in HAZELTON, Idaho, one of the schools within VALLEY DISTRICT, caters to 493 students in grades pre-K through 12.

VALLEY DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 499 students. VALLEY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, VALLEY SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 49% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 65% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, VALLEY SCHOOL logs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 31.4:1 average. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, Jerome County reports that median household income runs about $71,724, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Jerome County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,673 students), VALLEY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

CORNERSTONE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 16%: 589 students in 2018 compared to 493 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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