WHITE PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WHITE PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a sizable primary school in BOISE, Idaho, overseen by BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT, works with 555 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 332 students per school, that is 67% larger than typical.

BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT comprises 52 schools with combined enrollment of 22,134 students; WHITE PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, WHITE PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 57%. The remainder breaks down as 14% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Ada County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, WHITE PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Ada County shows the typical household earns roughly $91,502 per year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Ada County's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students), WHITE PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

TIMBERLINE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WHITE PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has climbed 3%, going from 540 students in 2018 to 555 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 68% to 57%.

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