Idaho · NCES F-33 finance data
Highest Spending Districts in Idaho The 50 Idaho districts that spend the most per student, ranked from NCES F-33 finance data (2021-22). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.
$18,002 Top per-pupil spend
$10,740 Avg across top 50
50 Districts listed The spending picture in one line
Lapwai District spends $18,002 per student, the most of any Idaho district listed, against an average of $10,740 across the top 50.
$18,002 top spend (Lapwai District)
$8,747 lowest on this list
2.1× spread across the listed districts
519 students in the top district # District Enrollment Schools Per-Pupil $ 1 Lapwai District Lapwai 519 2 $18,002 2 Blaine County District Hailey 3,312 8 $17,941 3 Orofino Joint District Orofino 1,131 8 $14,873 4 Mccall-Donnelly Joint School District Mccall 1,364 5 $13,141 5 Moscow District Moscow 2,397 8 $13,116 6 Wallace District Silverton 512 2 $12,684 7 West Bonner County District Priest River 1,146 5 $12,555 8 Mountain View School District Grangeville 1,109 5 $12,385 9 Boise Independent District Boise 22,809 51 $12,278 10 American Falls Joint District American Falls 1,572 5 $11,505 11 Wilder District Wilder 659 4 $11,492 12 Aberdeen District Aberdeen 673 3 $11,378 13 St Maries Joint District St Maries 953 5 $11,292 14 Lake Pend Oreille School District Ponderay 3,822 13 $11,174 15 Salmon District Salmon 683 4 $11,117 16 Lewiston Independent District Lewiston 4,765 13 $11,104 17 Valley District Hazelton 531 2 $11,029 18 Nampa School District Nampa 13,398 25 $10,958 19 Kellogg Joint District Kellogg 1,201 4 $10,922 20 Caldwell District Caldwell 5,499 11 $10,769 21 West Jefferson District Terreton 606 4 $10,764 22 Shoshone Joint District Shoshone 525 4 $10,631 23 Grace Joint District Grace 534 2 $10,616 24 Teton County District Driggs 1,878 7 $10,371 25 Coeur D'alene District Coeur D'alene 10,107 20 $10,322 26 Gooding Joint District Gooding 1,244 4 $10,275 27 Boundary County District Bonners Ferry 1,441 5 $10,253 28 Lakeland District Rathdrum 4,693 12 $10,175 29 Fremont County Joint District St Anthony 2,222 8 $9,857 30 Soda Springs Joint District Soda Springs 922 4 $9,846 31 Treasure Valley Classical Academy Inc. Fruitland 537 1 $9,732 32 Emmett Independent District Emmett 2,608 9 $9,687 33 White Pine Charter School Inc. Ammon 561 1 $9,642 34 Blackfoot District Blackfoot 3,990 11 $9,635 35 Buhl Joint District Buhl 1,264 4 $9,496 36 Parma District Parma 1,038 3 $9,473 37 Marsing Joint District Marsing 854 3 $9,435 38 Marsh Valley Joint District Arimo 1,258 6 $9,337 39 Payette Joint District Payette 1,371 6 $9,292 40 New Plymouth District New Plymouth 990 3 $9,234 41 Cassia County Joint District Burley 5,561 17 $9,220 42 Idaho Virtual Academy Inc. Meridian 1,713 2 $9,082 43 Wendell District Wendell 1,121 3 $9,009 44 Vallivue School District Caldwell 9,892 13 $8,968 45 Idaho Falls District Idaho Falls 10,250 22 $8,895 46 Pocatello District Pocatello 12,259 25 $8,862 47 Twin Falls District Twin Falls 9,352 18 $8,807 48 Mountain Home District Mountain Home 3,757 10 $8,804 49 Ririe Joint District Ririe 733 2 $8,793 50 Post Falls District Post Falls 6,050 12 $8,747
Methodology
Per-pupil expenditure data comes from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey. Only districts with
500 or more students are included to ensure meaningful comparisons. Spending figures
include all current operational expenditures divided by total enrollment.
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— how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.