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Idaho City, Idaho - 2 schools
An equity score of 71/100 ranks Basin School District #19 of 139 districts in Idaho (state average 48). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,249 per pupil, Basin School District ranks #56 of 171 Idaho districts by per-pupil spending (Idaho districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
336
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$12,249
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Basin School District operates 2 public schools serving 336 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Idaho. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Boise County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,249 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 171 Idaho districts by per-pupil spending. See how Idaho compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 13.5% local, 58.9% state, and 27.6% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 71/100, ranked #19 of 139 in Idaho against a state average of 48, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 126:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 90.4% White, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Basin Elementary School, enrolling 173 students (58% of the district's total enrollment).
Basin Elementary School accounts for 51.5% of all Basin School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Basin School District a distant remainder — means Basin School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Basin School District student-counselor ratio is 126:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Basin School District has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 336 students.
How much does Basin School District spend per student?
Basin School District spends $12,249 per student. The district has an equity score of 71/100, ranking #19 in Idaho.
What is the demographic composition of Basin School District?
Basin School District students are 90.4% White, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% Asian, 0.3% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Basin School District?
Basin School District has an equity score of 71/100, ranking #19 out of 139 districts in Idaho.