At $17,333 per pupil, South Lemhi District ranks #26 of 180 Idaho districts by per-pupil spending (Idaho districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
120
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$17,333
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
South Lemhi District operates 2 public schools serving 120 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Idaho. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 elementary 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 Lemhi County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,333 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 5.8% local, 76.1% state, and 18.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
. Demographically, the student body averages 79.5% White, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Leadore School, enrolling 100 students (91% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Tendoy Elementary School, at 10 students, a 10x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Leadore School accounts for 83.3% of all South Lemhi District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of South Lemhi District a distant remainder — means South Lemhi 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.