Public schools in Twin Falls, ID

Twin Falls has 21 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 3 high, 4 middle, 11 elementary, 3 other, enrolling 10,098 students. They are run by 4 districts and agencies; Twin Falls District runs 18 of them.

The 4 districts and agencies that run Twin Falls's public schools

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

DistrictSchools in Twin FallsDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Twin Falls District189,352$9,657
Xavier Charter School Inc.1672$7,106
Pinecrest Academy of Idaho Inc.1252$7,488
Filer District11,598$8,835

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.

3 high schools in Twin Falls, 2,987 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Canyon Ridge High School1,44520.033.6%Twin Falls District
Twin Falls High School1,38121.524.7%Twin Falls District
Magic Valley High School16110.141.0%Twin Falls 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.

4 middle schools in Twin Falls, 2,021 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.

11 elementary schools in Twin Falls, 4,217 students

One more elementary school
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Hollister Elementary School5217.357.7%Filer 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.

3 other schools in Twin Falls, 873 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Xavier Charter School65418.724.0%Xavier Charter School Inc.
Twin Falls Virtual Schoolhouse207not reportednot reportedTwin Falls District
Snake River Juvenile Detention1212.0not reportedTwin Falls 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 Twin Falls's public schools compare with Idaho's

The median Twin Falls school has 16.6 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Idaho median of 16.9. 62% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 48% across the state. Its median school enrolls 404 students (state 332).

Twin Falls against Idaho, schools open in 2024-25 with students
Twin FallsIdaho
Median students per teacher16.616.9
Median school size (students)404332
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)62%48%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)not reportednot reported
Charter schools9.5%9.8%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 21 Twin Falls 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 Twin Falls

  1. Twin Falls DistrictRuns 18 of Twin Falls's 21 public schools and spent $9,657 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$9,657
  2. Canyon Ridge High School, the largest high school in Twin Falls1,445 students in 2024-25, 20.0 per teacher.1,445
  3. Compare Twin Falls District with Xavier Charter School Inc.Twin Falls'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 Twin Falls 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. Blackfoot22 schools
  7. Pocatello22 schools
  8. Coeur D'alene15 schools

Questions about schools in Twin Falls

  1. How many public schools are in Twin Falls, ID?
    21 public schools with an address in Twin Falls were open in 2024-25: 3 high, 4 middle, 11 elementary, 3 other, enrolling 10,098 students. 2 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Twin Falls?
    Canyon Ridge High School, with 1,445 students in 2024-25 (Twin Falls District).
  3. Which districts run Twin Falls's schools?
    Twin Falls District (18 schools), Xavier Charter School Inc. (1 school), Pinecrest Academy of Idaho Inc. (1 school), Filer District (1 school). 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