Enrollment
55
Idaho · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Irwin, ID
Swan Valley Elementary School
Federal NCES profile for Swan Valley Elementary School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 43/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 160312000541
👥 S:T ratio 56
🌟 Gifted program 30
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Swan Valley Elementary School earns 43/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 89% of Idaho schools.
- 43
- Resource Index · Typical
- 11:1
- small classes for Idaho
- 16.4%
- free-lunch eligible
- 55
- students enrolled
Swan Valley Elementary School has class sizes smaller than 89% of Idaho schools. Computed live against every Idaho school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Swan Valley Elementary District · Idaho
NCES ID 160312000541 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
5.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
11:1
vs 17.1:1 Idaho avg
-36% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
16.4%
vs 29.3% Idaho avg
-44% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Swan Valley Elementary School compares with Idaho and U.S. medians
What stands out at Swan Valley Elementary School
Small campus with unusually lean teacher staffing
Swan Valley Elementary School sits near the smaller end of the Idaho enrollment distribution while also reporting a lower student-teacher ratio than most state schools. That pairing is consistent with a compact, teacher-dense setting, though small scale can limit the number of specialized courses or support roles a campus can sustain. The program and staffing sections below show whether the lean ratio extends beyond classroom teachers into broader student services.
Need and resources require a component-level read
Swan Valley Elementary 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
Swan Valley Elementary 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.
Swan Valley Elementary School is a lower-poverty, small combined-grade school in Irwin, Idaho, enrolling 55 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 11:1, Swan Valley Elementary School is leaner than roughly 89% of Idaho schools and 36% 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 16.4% of students eligible for free meals.
Enrollment of 55 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.
Its student body is predominantly White (89% of enrollment) (diversity index 20/100).
The surrounding Swan Valley Elementary District spends $19,507 per pupil, 57% above the Idaho average, a better-resourced district than most.
Its district draws 24.4% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.
Swan Valley Elementary District operates only this one school, so Swan Valley Elementary School has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 55 students, it is also a small operation, on the smaller end of Idaho's single-school districts.
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 Swan Valley Elementary School compares
Swan Valley Elementary 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 | 11:1 | ▼ 36% | 17.1:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 16.4% | ▼ 44% | 29.3% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 55 | top 90% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
11:1
Leaner classes than 83% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
55
Bigger than 6% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
16.4%
free-lunch eligible
- 44% 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
11:1
students per teacher
- 36% below state mean
Top 11% in Idaho - lower ratio than 89% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Funding equity
$19,507
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 89.1%
Hispanic or Latino 9.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native 1.8%
Largest group: White at 89.1% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 19.8/100
Simpson diversity index - at 19.8, Swan Valley Elementary School is less mixed than the Idaho school average of 36.3.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Swan Valley Elementary District, which includes Swan Valley Elementary School.
$19,507
Per student
+57%
vs Idaho
Avg $12,445
+10%
vs U.S.
Avg $17,658
Revenue mix
Local 22.0%
State 53.6%
Federal 24.4%
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 (~55 students)
Next steps
Verify locally before acting on Swan Valley Elementary School's federal record.
- Compare Swan Valley Elementary School against another school. Compare schools
- Swan Valley Elementary District's spending and staffing shape this school. District profile
- Confirm current enrollment and boundaries with the school. Choosing guide
Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.
Frequently asked questions about Swan Valley Elementary School
How many students attend Swan Valley Elementary School?
Swan Valley Elementary School has 55 students enrolled. It is a public school in Irwin, ID.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Swan Valley Elementary School?
The student-teacher ratio at Swan Valley Elementary School is 11:1, which is 36% lower than the Idaho average of 17.1:1 and 30% 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 Swan Valley Elementary School?
16.4% of students at Swan Valley Elementary School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Idaho average of 29.3%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Swan Valley Elementary School?
The largest demographic group at Swan Valley Elementary School is White at 89.1% of enrollment, in Irwin, ID.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Swan Valley Elementary School?
Swan Valley Elementary School has a Resource Investment Index of 43/100 (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 Swan Valley Elementary District?
None reported; Swan Valley Elementary District operates only Swan Valley Elementary School as a public school district in NCES's records.
Related tools
Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal records, no number is typed in by an editor. Each school's figures reflect its most recent NCES/CRDC submission on file. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.