Mountain Home District
Mountain Home District is a public school district based in Mountain Home, Idaho, serving 3,647 students in 8 schools. By enrollment it ranks #25 of the 51 Idaho districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 52% of them. Its schools average 456 students each, more than the Idaho median of 384. It spends about $8,321 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 18.6 students per teacher.
How Mountain Home compares
Spending and staffing
| Measure | Mountain Home | Idaho median | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current spending per student | $8,321 | $8,595 | FY2020-21 |
| Instruction spending per student | $4,710 | $5,173 | FY2020-21 |
| Total spending | $31.2 million | n/a | FY2020-21 |
| Total revenue | $33.7 million | n/a | FY2020-21 |
| Teachers (full-time equivalent) | 196 | n/a | 2024-25 |
| Total staff (full-time equivalent) | 339 | n/a | 2024-25 |
| Students per teacher | 18.6 | 17.6 | 2024-25 |
| Students per counselor | 456 | 396 | 2024-25 |
Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Idaho median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.
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Peer districts in Idaho
Compare side by side →| District | Students | Schools | Spending per student | Students per teacher | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Joint DistrictJerome | 3,998 | 8 | $8,145 | 18.3 | #21 |
| Blackfoot DistrictBlackfoot | 3,796 | 12 | $8,748 | 17.9 | #22 |
| Snake River DistrictBlackfoot | 3,730 | 9 | $7,149 | 24.4 | #23 |
| Lake Pend Oreille School DistrictPonderay | 3,653 | 13 | $11,593 | 16.9 | #24 |
| Mountain Home DistrictMountain Home · this district | 3,647 | 8 | $8,321 | 18.6 | #25 |
Similar-size districts nationally
| District | Students | Spending per student | Students per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pierce CountyBlackshear, GA | 3,647 | $11,578 | 14.6 |
| Shawnee HeightsTecumseh, KS | 3,647 | $11,151 | 14.2 |
| Huffman ISDHuffman, TX | 3,646 | $10,627 | 14.9 |
| Lynden School DistrictLynden, WA | 3,646 | $15,276 | 19.7 |
Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.
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