WEST CANYON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in CALDWELL, Idaho, WEST CANYON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school, overseen by VALLIVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It works with 411 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 24% bigger than the state mean of about 332.

VALLIVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 10,339 students. WEST CANYON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, WEST CANYON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 43% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Canyon County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

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 the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Canyon County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,048 students), of which WEST CANYON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 4.6 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WEST CANYON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 19%, going from 510 students in 2018 to 411 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 64% to 54% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

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