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District Facts and Figures

The Blaine County School District serves the cities of Bellevue, Carey, Hailey, Ketchum and Sun Valley and their surrounding areas.  Blaine County's population is close to 22,000 people.  Our District includes four elementary schools, one middle school, one high school, an alternative high school, and one K-12 school.

Enrollment (2009-2010 School Year)


School Enrollment
Bellevue Elementary School 293
Carey K-12263
Hailey Elementary School 438
Hemingway Elementary School 447
Silver Creek High School 29
Wood River High School 839
Wood River Middle School 632
Woodside Elementary 363
Developmental Preschool (Woodside Elementary) 14
Total Enrollment 3,318

Demographics as of January, 2010

Ethnicity Total
White2,189
Hispanic1,066
Asian     40
American Indian/Alaska Native      11
Black/African American       8
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander       6
Other/Unknown       4

Student/Teacher Ratios (September 2009)

We have a less than 20:1 average Student to Teacher Ratio District-wide.  Detailed below are our ratios for each school.
Bellevue Elementary
Grade Student TeachersRatio
Pre-K 29 1 14.50 (2 classes)
K633 21.00
1st 57 4 14.25
2nd472 23.50
3rd 28 2 14.00
4th422 21.00
5th 27 2 13.50
Extras  8.5  
Total 293 16 19.31
Carey School
Grade Students TeachersRatio
Pre-K17 1 17.00 (1 class)
K 19119.00 (1 class)
1st 16 1 16.00
2nd 23 1 23.00
3rd 241 24.00
4th 15115.00
5th 201 20.00
6th 19119.00
7-12th 1105.5 20.00
Extras  8 
Total 263 13.5 19.48
 
Hailey Elementary
Grade StudentsTeachers Ratio
Pre-K 211 21.00 (1 class)
 K 41220.50
1st 543 18.00
2nd 94518.80
3rd 905 18.00
4th 63321.00
5th 753 25.00
Extras  9 
Total 438 22 19.90
 
Hemingway Elementary
Grade StudentsTeachers Ratio
Pre-K 201 20.00 (1 class)
K 60415.00
1st 764 19.00
2nd 83420.75
3rd 754 18.75
4th 61320.33
5th 724 18.00
Extras*  9 
Total 447 24 18.63
 
Woodside Elementary
Grade StudentsTeachers Ratio
Developmental
Pre-K
141 14.00 (1 class)
K 613 20.33
1st 533 17.67
2nd 543 18.00
3rd 452 22.50
4th 724 18.00
5th 784 19.50
Extras*  12  
Total 363 20 18.15
 
Wood River Middle School
Grade StudentsTeachers Ratio
6th 22010 20.00
7th 21111.518.35
8th 2019 22.33
Extras*  19 
Total 632 30.5 20.72
 
Wood River High School
Grade StudentsTeachers Ratio
9-12th 83930.75 27.28
Extras*  28.25 
Total 839 30.75 27.28
 
Silver Creek Alternative School
Grade Students Teachers Ratio
9-12th 292.5 11.60
Extras*  0.5 
Total 29 2.5 11.60

*
In order to make "like" comparisons in determining student to teacher ratios, only core subject areas and/or self-contained classrooms were used.  The following subject areas were not included in arriving at the above results.  We have labeled these as "Extras": Academies, Art, Business, Drama, Electives, Foreign Language, Health, Media, Music, Physical Education, Reading, Speech, Student Services (Special Ed., GATE, ENL), Technology Education.

Enrollment Trends

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