VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the mid-sized primary schools in BOISE, Idaho, part of BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT, with 330 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

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

In terms of who attends, VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 70% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 19% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Ada County's rate of about 34%.

Around the school, census data for Ada County shows median household earnings sit near $91,502, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Ada County's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students), VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CAPITAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has decreased 21%, going from 416 students in 2018 to 330 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 14% to 19%. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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