An equity score of 77/100 ranks Glenns Ferry Joint District #8 of 146 districts in Idaho (state average 48). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,855 per pupil, Glenns Ferry Joint District ranks #49 of 180 Idaho districts by per-pupil spending (Idaho districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
379
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$13,855
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 $13,855 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 180 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 77/100, ranked #8 of 146 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 largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
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.