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Wilder, Idaho - 1 schools
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Canyon-Owyhee School Service Agency (Cossa) operates 1 public schools serving 97 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Idaho. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Canyon County.
The funding mix is 2.7% local, 88.6% state, and 8.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 79:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 54.4% White, 43.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Cossa Academy, enrolling 79 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Cossa Academy accounts for 81.4% of all Canyon-Owyhee School Service Agency (Cossa) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Canyon-Owyhee School Service Agency (Cossa) a distant remainder — means Canyon-Owyhee School Service Agency (Cossa)-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.
Canyon-Owyhee School Service Agency (Cossa) student-counselor ratio is 79:1 — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Canyon-Owyhee School Service Agency (Cossa)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Canyon-Owyhee School Service Agency (Cossa)?
Canyon-Owyhee School Service Agency (Cossa) has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 97 students.
What is the demographic composition of Canyon-Owyhee School Service Agency (Cossa)?
Canyon-Owyhee School Service Agency (Cossa) students are 54.4% White, 43.0% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.