NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools ID

Best-Resourced Schools in Hailey, ID

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6 public K-12 schools in Hailey from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
2,304
Students
52.3/100
Avg Resource Index
12.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Hailey has more public-school enrollment than 17% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Wood River High School enrolls 40.0% of Hailey's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Hailey's list includes 1 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Hailey lists only 6 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 51 to 922 students, a 18-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 83%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
92nd percentile
Teacher staffing
87th percentile

Wood River High School accounts for 40.0% of all Hailey public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Hailey-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Hailey school enrollment varies 18× across entities

Hailey school enrollment ranges from 51 students (lowest) to 922 students (highest), a spread of 871 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Hailey student-teacher ratio is 12.2:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Hailey's 6 listed schools are charters

17% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Hailey Elementary School 64
2. Wood River Middle School 61
3. Alturas Elementary School 60
4. Wood River High School 51
5. Silver Creek High School 45
6. Syringa Mountain Charter School 33

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Hailey

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Silver Creek High School 59.4/100
  2. 2 Wood River High School 53.6/100
  3. 3 Hailey Elementary School 52.8/100
  4. 4 Wood River Middle School 52.5/100
  5. 5 Alturas Elementary School 41.7/100

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Which Hailey school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Hailey Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Hailey schools in this federal-data comparison at 64/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Hailey, ID? ▼

Hailey has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,304 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.2:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.