At $20,172 per pupil, Highland Joint District ranks #12 of 180 Idaho districts by per-pupil spending (Idaho districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
169
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$20,172
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Highland Joint District operates 1 public schools serving 169 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 Lewis County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,172 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 24.9% local, 62.2% state, and 12.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), . Demographically, the student body averages 79.8% White, 9.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Highland School, enrolling 168 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Highland School accounts for 99.4% of all Highland Joint District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Highland Joint District a distant remainder — means Highland 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.
Highland Joint District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 169 students.
How much does Highland Joint District spend per student?
Highland Joint District spends $20,172 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Highland Joint District?
Highland Joint District students are 79.8% White, 9.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.