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Marsing, Idaho - 3 schools
An equity score of 49/100 ranks Marsing Joint District #65 of 139 districts in Idaho (state average 48). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,435 per pupil, Marsing Joint District ranks #103 of 171 Idaho districts by per-pupil spending (Idaho districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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Schools
$9,435
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Marsing Joint District operates 3 public schools serving 854 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Idaho. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 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 Owyhee County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,435 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 171 Idaho districts by per-pupil spending. See how Idaho compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 18.1% local, 58.3% state, and 23.7% 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 49/100, ranked #65 of 139 in Idaho against a state average of 48, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 280:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, . Demographically, the student body averages 55.4% White, 43.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Marsing Middle School, with a diversity index of 51.6/100.
Its largest campus is Marsing Elementary School, enrolling 360 students (44% of the district's total enrollment).
Marsing Elementary School accounts for 42.2% of all Marsing Joint District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Marsing Joint District-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.
Marsing Joint District student-counselor ratio is 280:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Marsing Joint District is typically wider than the Marsing Joint District-aggregate figure suggests.