Public schools in Blackfoot, ID

Blackfoot has 22 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 6 high, 4 middle, 10 elementary, 2 other, enrolling 8,089 students. They are run by 5 districts and agencies; Blackfoot District runs 10 of them.

The 5 districts and agencies that run Blackfoot's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in BlackfootDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Blackfoot District103,990$10,407
Snake River District92,888$7,742
Blackfoot Charter Community Learning Center Inc.1355$9,701
Idaho Science and Technology Charter School Inc.1303$9,693
Idaho STEM Academy Inc.1104$14,981

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

6 high schools in Blackfoot, 2,136 students

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 middle schools in Blackfoot, 1,345 students

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

10 elementary schools in Blackfoot, 4,255 students

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 other schools in Blackfoot, 353 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Idaho Science and Technology Charter School30114.0not reportedIdaho Science and Technology Charter School Inc.
Vaughn Hugie Family Ed Center5226.0not reportedBlackfoot District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Blackfoot's public schools compare with Idaho's

The median Blackfoot school has 16.9 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Idaho median of 16.9. 60% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 48% across the state. Its median school enrolls 259 students (state 332).

Blackfoot against Idaho, schools open in 2024-25 with students
BlackfootIdaho
Median students per teacher16.916.9
Median school size (students)259332
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)60%48%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)not reportednot reported
Charter schools14%9.8%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 22 Blackfoot schools and the 767 Idaho schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Blackfoot

  1. Blackfoot DistrictRuns 10 of Blackfoot's 22 public schools and spent $10,407 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$10,407
  2. Blackfoot High School, the largest high school in Blackfoot1,170 students in 2024-25, 19.9 per teacher.1,170
  3. Compare Blackfoot District with Snake River DistrictBlackfoot's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in IdahoIdaho's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Blackfoot addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Idaho

  1. Boise78 schools
  2. Meridian46 schools
  3. Idaho Falls44 schools
  4. Nampa33 schools
  5. Caldwell26 schools
  6. Pocatello22 schools
  7. Twin Falls21 schools
  8. Coeur D'alene15 schools

Questions about schools in Blackfoot

  1. How many public schools are in Blackfoot, ID?
    22 public schools with an address in Blackfoot were open in 2024-25: 6 high, 4 middle, 10 elementary, 2 other, enrolling 8,089 students. 3 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Blackfoot?
    Blackfoot High School, with 1,170 students in 2024-25 (Blackfoot District).
  3. Which districts run Blackfoot's schools?
    Blackfoot District (10 schools), Snake River District (9 schools), Blackfoot Charter Community Learning Center Inc. (1 school), Idaho Science and Technology Charter School Inc. (1 school), and 1 more. A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25