At $20,957 per pupil, Culdesac Joint District ranks #9 of 180 Idaho districts by per-pupil spending (Idaho districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Culdesac Joint District operates 1 public schools serving 115 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 Nez Perce County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,957 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 18 of 180 Idaho districts by per-pupil spending. See how Idaho compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 13.7% local, 71.5% state, and 14.8% 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 204.1:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 71.0% White, 6.0% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Culdesac School, enrolling 100 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Culdesac School accounts for 87.0% of all Culdesac Joint District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Culdesac Joint District a distant remainder — means Culdesac Joint District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Culdesac Joint District student-counselor ratio is 204:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Culdesac Joint District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 115 students.
How much does Culdesac Joint District spend per student?
Culdesac Joint District spends $20,957 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Culdesac Joint District?
Culdesac Joint District students are 71.0% White, 6.0% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% African American, 1.0% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.