Enrollment
167
Idaho · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Rockland, ID
Rockland Public School
Federal NCES profile for Rockland Public School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 45/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 160282000501
👥 S:T ratio 61
🌟 Gifted program 30
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Rockland Public School earns 45/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 94% of Idaho schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Idaho schools.
- 45
- Resource Index · Typical
- 9.8:1
- small classes for Idaho
- 17.0%
- free-lunch eligible
- 167
- students enrolled
Rockland Public School has class sizes smaller than 94% of Idaho schools. Computed live against every Idaho school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Rockland District · Idaho
NCES ID 160282000501 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
17.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
9.8:1
vs 17.1:1 Idaho avg
-43% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
17.0%
vs 29.3% Idaho avg
-42% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Rockland Public School compares with Idaho and U.S. medians
What stands out at Rockland Public School
Teacher staffing is the clearest operational strength
Rockland Public 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
Rockland Public 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
Rockland Public 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.
Rockland Public School is a lower-poverty, mid-sized combined-grade school in Rockland, Idaho, enrolling 167 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 9.8:1, Rockland Public School is leaner than roughly 94% of Idaho schools and 43% under the state's 17.1:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 17.0% of students eligible for free meals.
Enrollment of 167 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 79 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks mid-pack at #50.
Its student body is predominantly White (100% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 0/100).
The surrounding Rockland District spends $15,705 per pupil, 26% above the Idaho average, a better-resourced district than most.
Rockland District operates only this one school, so Rockland Public 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 Rockland Public School compares
Rockland Public 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 | 9.8:1 | ▼ 43% | 17.1:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 17.0% | ▼ 42% | 29.3% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 167 | top 74% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
9.8:1
Leaner classes than 90% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
167
Bigger than 16% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
17.0%
free-lunch eligible
- 42% below the Idaho average of 29.3%
Below the 40% Title I threshold; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Staffing depth
9.8:1
students per teacher
- 43% below state mean
Top 6% in Idaho - lower ratio than 94% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Funding equity
$15,705
per pupil, district-wide
- above Idaho avg of $12,445
Somewhat below the U.S. average per-pupil spend; funding constraints may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
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 100.0%
Largest group: White at 100.0% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 0.0/100
Simpson diversity index - at 0.0, Rockland Public School is less mixed than the Idaho school average of 36.3.
Programs
AP courses offered 13
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Rockland District, which includes Rockland Public School.
$15,705
Per student
+26%
vs Idaho
Avg $12,445
-11%
vs U.S.
Avg $17,658
Revenue mix
Local 13.8%
State 75.3%
Federal 10.8%
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 (~167 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~9.8:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Rockland Public School
How many students attend Rockland Public School?
Rockland Public School has 167 students enrolled. It is a public school in Rockland, ID.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rockland Public School?
The student-teacher ratio at Rockland Public School is 9.8:1, which is 43% lower than the Idaho average of 17.1:1 and 38% 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 Rockland Public School?
17.0% of students at Rockland Public School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Idaho average of 29.3%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Rockland Public School?
The largest demographic group at Rockland Public School is White at 100.0% of enrollment, in Rockland, ID.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Rockland Public School?
Rockland Public School has a Resource Investment Index of 45/100 (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 Rockland District?
None reported; Rockland District operates only Rockland Public School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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