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Boise, ID public schools

Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Boise Independent District — federal education data, not a star rating.

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Quick answer

Boise Independent District is the primary public district for Boise, ID. It enrolls 22,809 students in 51 schools with 1,455 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $12,928 per pupil, 25% below the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.

Students enrolled
22,809NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
Schools in the district
51Operating school count
Students per teacher
15.7Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
Spending per pupil
$12,928Total current expenditure, FY2020

Who pays for schools in Boise

Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.

Local revenue
42.5%
$131,040,000
State revenue
47.3%
$145,769,000
Federal revenue
10.2%
$31,517,000

Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the Boise property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 52 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.

Reading the Boise numbers

What the 2021-22 NCES and FY2020 Census finance numbers say about this district.

$12,928 per pupil is 25% below the $17,320 metro median; only 16% of tracked districts spend less. Instruction takes 53 cents of each dollar — $6,785 per student — with the remainder on transport, buildings, food service and administration.

Funding is split roughly evenly — 42.5% local, 47.3% state — so both the local tax base and the ID aid formula matter to what this district can spend. Federal aid contributes 10.2%, near the typical share for a large urban district.

22,809 students across 51 schools averages 447 students per building, and the district is smaller than the typical district covered here (44,998 students). The 15.7:1 student-to-teacher ratio is ordinary for this set of districts (median 15.2:1). It counts all FTE teachers district-wide, so actual class sizes run higher.

What this data covers

Read this before comparing districts.

Figures cover Boise Independent District (LEAID 1600360) as one unit, not any single school in Boise. Independently authorised charter schools, private schools and regional vocational programs are counted separately by NCES and are not in these totals. Enrollment is the 2021-22 NCES collection; dollars are the FY2020 Census F-33 survey, the latest complete national release. The two years differ, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a live budget line.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data + Census F-33, via Urban Institute Education Data · rates as published for 2021-22 / FY2020

NCES LEAID 1600360. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.