WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school based in POCATELLO, Idaho. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 242 students. Elementary schools in Idaho have about 332 students on average; enrollment here is 27% lower.

POCATELLO DISTRICT oversees WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and 22 other schools, with 11,448 students in total.

More than half of enrollment at WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White: 70%. The remaining shares are 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Native American, and 2% Black. Bannock County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school's share is lower. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 48%.

Teacher count: 17 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.2:1. Across elementary schools in Idaho, the average ratio is 18.1:1. Roughly 67% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 44% average for public schools in Bannock County is 23 points lower.

In Bannock County, home to about 89,454 people, the median household earns about $66,499 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Bannock County number 37, with about 14,358 students.

POCATELLO JUVENILE DETENTION is the nearest public school to WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has an NCES locale of City: Small.

In 2020-21, WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 226 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 242. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.4:1 to 14.2:1.

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