Prairie Elementary District operates 1 public schools serving 5 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Idaho. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 6 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is geographically located in Elmore County County.
The funding mix is 13.0% local, 87.0% state — a breakdown that matters because districts leaning heavily on local revenue are more exposed to property-tax swings, while higher federal shares typically track Title I concentration.
. Demographically, the student body averages 100.0% White across the district's schools.
Prairie Elem/Jr High School accounts for 100.0% of all Prairie Elementary District student enrollment
That concentration — well above the 8.4% national median for largest-entity share — means Prairie Elementary 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.