WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a reasonably sized K-5 school in CALDWELL, Idaho, WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL educates 481 students from grades pre-K through 4, one of the schools within CALDWELL DISTRICT. By comparison, Idaho's public schools average about 332 students each, so WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 45% larger than that benchmark.

WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 11 schools operated by CALDWELL DISTRICT, a district that educates 5,431 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 38% White, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Canyon County's rate of about 51%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Canyon County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,488 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Canyon County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,048 students), of which WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is SYRINGA MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has contracted 14%, going from 559 students in 2018 to 481 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 71% to 56% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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