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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 as of August 28, 2008


School Enrollment
Bellevue Elementary School 306
Carey K-12261
Hailey Elementary School 440
Hemingway Elementary School 432
Silver Creek Alternative School 18
Wood River High School 873
Wood River Middle School 663
Woodside Elementary 391
Total Enrollment 3,384

Demographics as of February, 2008

EthnicityMaleFemaleTotal
White1,2311,1072,338
Hispanic   466    453   919
Asian     21     17     38
American Indian/Alaska Native       3        5      8
Other/Unknown       3       2       5
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander       0        0       0
Black/African American       6        3      9
Total1,730 1,5873,317

Student/Teacher Ratios as of February, 2008

We have a 20:1 average Student to Teacher Ratio District-wide.  Detailed below are our ratios for each school.
Bellevue Elementary
Grade Student TeachersRatio
Pre-K 23 2 23.00 (1 class)
K85314.17 (6 classes)
1st 78 4 19.50
2nd42221.00
3rd 30 2 15.00
4th28214.00
5th 39 2 19.50
Extras 8  
Total 325 16 17.11
Carey School
Grade Students TeachersRatio
Pre-K11 1 11.00 (1 class)
K 20120.00 (1 class)
1st 20 1 20.00
2nd 17 1 17.00
3rd 181 18.00
4th 20120.00
5th 161 16.00
6th 13113.00
7-12th 1195.5 21.64
Extras  8.5 
Total 254 13.5 18.81
 
Hailey Elementary
Grade StudentsTeachers Ratio
Pre-K 221 22.00 (1 class)
 K 51217.00 (3 classes)
1st 503 16.67
2nd 91518.20
3rd 1105 22.00
4th 58319.33
5th 512 25.50
Extras  11 
Total 433 21 19.68
 
Hemingway Elementary
Grade StudentsTeachers Ratio
Pre-K 151 15.00 (1 class)
K 70314.00 (5 classes)
1st 655 13.00
2nd 61320.33
3rd 694 17.25
4th 72418.00
5th 724 18.00
Extras*  9 
Total 424 24 16.31
 
Woodside Elementary
Grade StudentsTeachers Ratio
Pre-K 201 20.00 (1 class)
Developmental
Pre-K
12112.00 (1 class)
K 542 18.00 (3 classes)
1st 51317.00
2nd 473 15.67
3rd 42221.00
4th 674 16.75
5th 67322.33
Extras*  12  
Total 36019 18.00
 
Wood River Middle School
Grade StudentsTeachers Ratio
6th 21011 19.09
7th 2279.6723.48
8th 23210.67 21.75
Extras*  18.67 
Total 669 31.33 21.35
 
Wood River High School
Grade StudentsTeachers Ratio
9-12th 84532 26.41
Extras*  29 
Total 845 32 26.41
 
Silver Creek Alternative School
Grade Students Teachers Ratio
9-12th 202 10.00
Extras*  1 
Total 20 2 10.00

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

Enrollment Trends

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