South Lemhi District operates 2 public schools serving 120 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Idaho. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 other, 1 elementary schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 110 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is geographically located in Lemhi County County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,958 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, which aggregates every revenue and spending line reported under federal accounting standards. The funding mix is 5.8% local, 76.1% state, and 18.1% federal — 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. Average teacher compensation clocks in at $95,672 per NCES F-33, a signal of the district's ability to recruit and retain staff against neighbouring districts.
. Demographically, the student body averages 79.5% White, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Leadore School accounts for 90.9% of all South Lemhi District student enrollment
That concentration — well above the 8.4% national median for largest-entity share — means South Lemhi District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: other. 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.