Enrollment
168
Idaho · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Craigmont, ID
Highland School
Federal NCES profile for Highland School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 44/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 160144000849
👥 S:T ratio 58
🌟 Gifted program 30
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Highland School earns 44/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 90% of Idaho schools.
- 44
- Resource Index · Typical
- 10.5:1
- small classes for Idaho
- 33.1%
- free-lunch eligible
- 168
- students enrolled
Highland School has class sizes smaller than 90% of Idaho schools. Computed live against every Idaho school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Highland Joint District · Idaho
NCES ID 160144000849 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
16.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
10.5:1
vs 17.1:1 Idaho avg
-39% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
33.1%
vs 29.3% Idaho avg
+13% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Highland School compares with Idaho and U.S. medians
What stands out at Highland School
Teacher staffing is the clearest operational strength
Highland School's enrollment is not at an extreme, but its student-teacher ratio is: it reports fewer students per teacher than most Idaho schools. This is the most distinctive scale-adjusted signal in the federal record. It should be read as staffing capacity, not class size or an academic outcome; the page separately reports attendance, program access, demographics, and district finance so a single favorable ratio does not become an unsupported overall rating.
Need and resources require a component-level read
Highland School falls within the wide middle of the Idaho distribution on both free-meal eligibility and the Resource Investment Index. Neither measure supplies an honest headline by itself. The useful distinctions are in the components: classroom staffing, counselor availability, attendance, gifted-program access, and district spending. Those fields can pull in opposite directions even when the overall percentile looks ordinary.
A combined-grade campus has a different support burden
Highland School serves a combined grade span rather than a conventional elementary, middle, or high-school band. That structure can require the same campus to cover transitions, counseling needs, and programs for students at substantially different developmental stages, so a single staffing ratio deserves more caution than it would at a narrower-grade school. Federal totals show the available people and programs, but not how those resources are divided among grade levels.
Highland School is a mid-sized combined-grade school in Craigmont, Idaho, enrolling 168 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 10.5:1, Highland School is leaner than roughly 90% of Idaho schools and 39% under the state's 17.1:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Economic need runs somewhat above the state's typical profile, with 33.1% of students eligible for free meals.
Enrollment of 168 puts it in the smaller third of Idaho schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 775 scored Idaho schools.
Against 85 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks mid-pack at #51.
Its student body is led by White (80%) and Hispanic or Latino (10%) (diversity index 35/100).
The surrounding Highland Joint District spends $20,172 per pupil, 62% above the Idaho average, a better-resourced district than most.
Highland Joint District operates only this one school, so Highland School has no district-mates to compare against locally.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Highland School compares
Highland School on the metrics families compare, against Idaho and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Idaho | Idaho avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 10.5:1 | ▼ 39% | 17.1:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 33.1% | ▲ 13% | 29.3% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 168 | top 74% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
10.5:1
Leaner classes than 86% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
168
Bigger than 16% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
33.1%
free-lunch eligible
- 13% above the Idaho average of 29.3%
Below the 40% Title I threshold; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Staffing depth
10.5:1
students per teacher
- 39% below state mean
Top 10% in Idaho - lower ratio than 90% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Funding equity
$20,172
per pupil, district-wide
- above Idaho avg of $12,445
Somewhat above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
White 79.8%
Hispanic or Latino 9.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native 6.5%
Two or More 3.0%
African American 1.2%
Largest group: White at 79.8% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 34.9/100
Simpson diversity index - at 34.9, Highland School is about as mixed as the Idaho school average of 36.3.
Programs
AP courses offered 1
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Highland Joint District, which includes Highland School.
$20,172
Per student
+62%
vs Idaho
Avg $12,445
+14%
vs U.S.
Avg $17,658
Revenue mix
Local 24.9%
State 62.2%
Federal 12.9%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2022-23 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar other schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Idaho, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~168 students)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Highland School
How many students attend Highland School?
Highland School has 168 students enrolled. It is a public school in Craigmont, ID.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Highland School?
The student-teacher ratio at Highland School is 10.5:1, which is 39% lower than the Idaho average of 17.1:1 and 33% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Highland School?
33.1% of students at Highland School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Idaho average of 29.3%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Highland School?
The largest demographic group at Highland School is White at 79.8% of enrollment, in Craigmont, ID.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Highland School?
Highland School has a Resource Investment Index of 44/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 2 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology). Limited indicators were available, so the index reflects partial data.
What other schools are in Highland Joint District?
None reported; Highland Joint District operates only Highland School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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