Idaho Falls, ID
Kids in Idaho Falls
Public-school enrollment and staffing from NCES, plus bedrooms, childcare and how educated the adults already here are. This is not a GreatSchools ranking.
- Public-school students
- 34,360
- NCES CCD 2024-2025, regular and charter districts in this metro.
- Pupil–teacher ratio
- 19.2
- 1,793 teachers across 12 districts and 71 schools.
- Districts / schools
- 12 / 71
- Open regular, component and charter LEAs geocoded to this CBSA.
- Bedrooms you set
- 1
- A household this size usually wants a studio.
- Childcare in this setup
- $0
- No kids under 5 in the current household, so this is $0.
- Leftover with current kids
- $2,051
- After tax, rent and everything else.
Largest public school districts
The 12 biggest open regular and charter districts geocoded to the Idaho Falls metro, ranked by students enrolled. District websites are the direct source for enrollment boundaries, calendars and programs.
- BONNEVILLE JOINT DISTRICT
IDAHO FALLS
- Students
- 13,577
- Schools
- 26
- Pupil–teacher
- 19.6
- IDAHO FALLS DISTRICT
IDAHO FALLS
- Students
- 9,903
- Schools
- 22
- Pupil–teacher
- 19
- JEFFERSON COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT
RIGBY
- Students
- 6,591
- Schools
- 11
- Pupil–teacher
- 19.4
- RIRIE JOINT DISTRICT
RIRIE
- Students
- 719
- Schools
- 2
- Pupil–teacher
- 17.1
- WHITE PINE CHARTER SCHOOL INC.
AMMON
- Students
- 651
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 21.3
- ALTURAS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY INC.
IDAHO FALLS
- Students
- 572
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 22.4
- AMERICAN HERITAGE CHARTER SCHOOL INC.
IDAHO FALLS
- Students
- 560
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 19.6
- ALTURAS PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC
IDAHO FALLS
- Students
- 463
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 16.7
- BUTTE COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT
ARCO
- Students
- 376
- Schools
- 3
- Pupil–teacher
- 11.5
- TAYLOR'S CROSSING PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL INC.
IDAHO FALLS
- Students
- 375
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 21.1
- MONTICELLO MONTESSORI CHARTER SCHOOL INC.
AMMON
- Students
- 185
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 20.6
- SWAN VALLEY ELEMENTARY DISTRICT
IRWIN
- Students
- 55
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 11
Source: NCES CCD 2024–25, LEA directory, membership and staff files. Pupil–teacher is students divided by reported teacher FTE.
Public schools by level
- Primary
- 41
- Elementary grades
- Middle
- 7
- Middle or junior high
- High
- 18
- Secondary grades
- Other
- 5
- K–12, ungraded, alternative
71 open public schools in the NCES CCD 2024–25 school directory, grouped by the level NCES assigns from grades offered.
Where the Idaho Falls metro sits
Roughly the core of the Idaho Falls, ID metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.
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If this were a family of four
Two adults, two kids, one under five, three bedrooms: leftover in Idaho Falls would be -$218 a month, with $1,112 going to childcare. Run that household on the paycheck page →
Enrollment and staffing: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-2025, joined to metros with NCES EDGE LEA geocodes. Childcare is a national baseline scaled by this metro's cost index — not a daycare quote. No test-score rankings.