WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of mid-tier scale in IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, run under IDAHO FALLS DISTRICT, educateing 483 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Idaho's public schools average about 332 students each, so WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 45% larger than that benchmark.

IDAHO FALLS DISTRICT runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 9,903 students. WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that White students make up the majority at 75%. The remainder comes out to 21% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Bonneville County put the typical household earns roughly $79,068 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 57 public schools in Bonneville County (combined enrollment of about 27,028 students).

FOX HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has stayed largely flat, going from 472 students in 2018 to 483 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 15% to 21% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 23.0:1 in 2025.

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