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Glenns Ferry, Idaho - 3 schools
An equity score of 76/100 ranks Glenns Ferry Joint District #9 of 139 districts in Idaho (state average 48). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,711 per pupil, Glenns Ferry Joint District ranks #50 of 171 Idaho districts by per-pupil spending (Idaho districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
379
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$12,711
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Glenns Ferry Joint District operates 3 public schools serving 379 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Idaho. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Elmore County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,711 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 15.1% local, 55.6% state, and 29.3% 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 76/100, ranked #9 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 128:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 63.1% White, 34.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Glenns Ferry Elementary School, with a diversity index of 52.6/100.
Glenns Ferry Elementary School accounts for 36.7% of all Glenns Ferry Joint District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Glenns Ferry Joint 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.
Glenns Ferry Joint District student-counselor ratio is 128:1 — 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.