WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of low-enrollment scale in PAYETTE, Idaho, operated by PAYETTE JOINT DISTRICT, instructing 209 students in grades 4 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 37% leaner than the state mean of about 332.

WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 5 schools operated by PAYETTE JOINT DISTRICT, a district that caters to 1,483 students overall.

Looking at the student body, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 36% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Payette County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Payette County) shows that median household income runs about $67,673, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 14 public schools in Payette County (combined enrollment of about 4,521 students).

Nearest neighbor: PAYETTE ACADEMY, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 6 years. Over the past 6-year window, the student count shrank 14%: 243 students in 2018 compared to 209 in 2024.

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