Chief Tahgee Elementary Academy Inc. operates 1 public schools serving 124 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Idaho. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 109 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is geographically located in Bannock County County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,521 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, which aggregates every revenue and spending line reported under federal accounting standards. The funding mix is 7.3% local, 42.1% state, and 50.5% federal — a breakdown that matters because districts leaning heavily on local revenue are more exposed to property-tax swings, while higher federal shares typically track Title I concentration.
. Demographically, the student body averages 1.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Chief Tahgee Elementary Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Chief Tahgee Elementary Academy Inc. student enrollment
That concentration — well above the 8.4% national median for largest-entity share — means Chief Tahgee Elementary Academy Inc.-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Chief Tahgee Elementary Academy Inc. has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 73.4% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.