Idaho Public Schools

Idaho is the #40 largest school system in the United States, serving 276,003 students across 755 public schools. There are 6 Blue Ribbon Schools, 2 magnet schools, 40 charter schools, and 15 special education schools. The student ethnicity breakdown in the state is show below:

Student by Ethnicity

(ID) School Average
% American Indian		 2%
% Asian		 1%
% Hispanic		 16%
% Black		 1%
% White		 79%
Unknown		 1%

Idaho Public Schools by County

County
# High
# Middle
# Elementary
1. Ada County 34 28 81
2. Adams County 2 1 2
3. Bannock County 11 6 25
4. Bear Lake County 2 1 3
5. Benewah County 3 2 3
6. Bingham County 8 13 16
7. Blaine County 3 2 6
8. Boise County 4 2 5
9. Bonner County 7 4 12
10. Bonneville County 12 10 33
11. Boundary County 2 1 3
12. Butte County 1 1 2
13. Camas County 1 - 1
14. Canyon County 33 25 51
15. Caribou County 4 1 3
16. Cassia County 6 3 8
17. Clark County 1 1 2
18. Clearwater County 2 - 3
19. Custer County 2 - 4
20. Elmore County 3 3 7
21. Franklin County 3 2 4
22. Fremont County 5 5 7
23. Gem County 5 3 5
24. Gooding County 8 6 6
25. Idaho County 5 1 5
26. Jefferson County 5 4 8
27. Jerome County 4 4 4
28. Kootenai County 14 9 28
29. Latah County 8 5 12
30. Lemhi County 4 3 5
31. Lewis County 3 3 3
32. Lincoln County 3 3 3
33. Madison County 5 5 8
34. Malheur County 6 4 17
35. Minidoka County 3 3 5
36. Nez Perce County 7 6 13
37. Oneida County 2 1 2
38. Owyhee County 3 2 4
39. Payette County 6 5 4
40. Power County 3 3 3
41. Shoshone County 4 1 5
42. Teton County 2 1 4
43. Twin Falls County 14 11 17
44. Valley County 4 2 4
45. Washington County 5 4 4

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