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Ririe, Idaho - 2 schools
An equity score of 41/100 ranks Ririe Joint District #83 of 139 districts in Idaho (state average 48). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $8,793 per pupil, Ririe Joint District ranks #120 of 171 Idaho districts by per-pupil spending (Idaho districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
733
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$8,793
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ririe Joint District operates 2 public schools serving 733 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Idaho. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Jefferson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $8,793 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 12.3% local, 72.5% state, and 15.2% 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 41/100, ranked #83 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 359.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, . Demographically, the student body averages 91.3% White, 8.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.1% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Ririe Elementary School, enrolling 365 students (51% of the district's total enrollment).
Ririe Elementary School accounts for 49.8% of all Ririe Joint District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Ririe Joint District a distant remainder — means Ririe 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.
Ririe Joint District student-counselor ratio is 360:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Ririe Joint District has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 733 students.
How much does Ririe Joint District spend per student?
Ririe Joint District spends $8,793 per student. The district has an equity score of 41/100, ranking #83 in Idaho.
What is the demographic composition of Ririe Joint District?
Ririe Joint District students are 91.3% White, 8.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.1% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Ririe Joint District?
Ririe Joint District has an equity score of 41/100, ranking #83 out of 139 districts in Idaho.