Enrollment
59
Idaho · 2024-25 NCES data
Elementary school (grades K-5) · Carmen, ID
Upper Carmen Public Charter School
Federal NCES profile for Upper Carmen Public Charter School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 24/100.
2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 160017000847Charter school
👥 S:T ratio 21
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 21
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Upper Carmen Public Charter School earns 24/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes larger than 77% of Idaho schools.
- 24
- Resource Index · Lower
- 19.7:1
- large classes for Idaho
- 59
- students enrolled
Upper Carmen Public Charter School has class sizes larger than 77% of Idaho schools. Computed live against every Idaho school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Upper Carmen Public Charter School Inc. · Idaho
NCES ID 160017000847 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
3.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
19.7:1
vs 17.1:1 Idaho avg
+15% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Upper Carmen Public Charter School compares with Idaho and U.S. medians
What stands out at Upper Carmen Public Charter School
Small campus without a staffing-size advantage
Upper Carmen Public Charter School enrolls fewer students than most Idaho schools, yet its student-teacher ratio is still on the heavier side of the state distribution. Small enrollment therefore does not translate into more teacher capacity per student here. That makes staffing capacity, rather than campus scale alone, the useful interpretation. The counselor, attendance, and program indicators below help show whether the pressure is narrow or part of a broader resource constraint.
No single support indicator dominates
Upper Carmen Public Charter School's available federal support indicators do not reveal an extreme in advanced-course access, specialist staffing, chronic absence, or IDEA enrollment. The most responsible reading is therefore component by component rather than a sweeping verdict: current counseling availability, health support, program schedules, and attendance policy still warrant direct confirmation. Missing or middle-range federal fields are not evidence that services are either strong or weak.
Upper Carmen Public Charter School is a small charter elementary school in Carmen, Idaho, enrolling 59 students.
Class loads run somewhat heavier than typical: 19.7:1 puts it in the larger third of Idaho schools by student-teacher ratio.
Enrollment of 59 puts it in the smaller third of Idaho schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index lands in the lower third of 775 scored Idaho schools.
Counselor availability sits well past the ASCA benchmark, roughly 393 students sharing each counselor, though short of the most stretched campuses.
Its district draws 16.0% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.
Upper Carmen Public Charter School Inc. is a single-school charter district, so Upper Carmen Public Charter School operates independently rather than alongside district-mates. At 59 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 Upper Carmen Public Charter School compares
Upper Carmen Public Charter 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 | 19.7:1 | ▲ 15% | 17.1:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Enrollment | 59 | top 90% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
19.7:1
Leaner classes than 17% of US schools, heavier class loads than most.
59
Bigger than 6% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Staffing depth
19.7:1
students per teacher
- 15% above state mean
Top 77% in Idaho - lower ratio than 23% of state schools
Between 16:1 and 20:1, squarely in the typical U.S. public-school staffing range.
Funding equity
$10,729
per pupil, district-wide
- below Idaho avg of $12,445
Well below the U.S. average per-pupil spend, a notably leaner funding position that may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.2 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.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Upper Carmen Public Charter School Inc., which includes Upper Carmen Public Charter School.
$10,729
Per student
-14%
vs Idaho
Avg $12,445
-39%
vs U.S.
Avg $17,658
Revenue mix
Local 4.1%
State 79.9%
Federal 16.0%
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 elementary 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 (~59 students)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Upper Carmen Public Charter School
How many students attend Upper Carmen Public Charter School?
Upper Carmen Public Charter School has 59 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Carmen, ID.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Upper Carmen Public Charter School?
The student-teacher ratio at Upper Carmen Public Charter School is 19.7:1, which is 15% higher than the Idaho average of 17.1:1 and 25% higher than the national average of 15.7:1.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Upper Carmen Public Charter School?
Upper Carmen Public Charter School has a Resource Investment Index of 24/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
What other schools are in Upper Carmen Public Charter School Inc.?
None; Upper Carmen Public Charter School Inc. is a single-school charter district, and Upper Carmen Public Charter School is its only campus.
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