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Horizon Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 730 North Mitchell, Boise, Ada County, 83704

484
Pupils
17.3
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Horizon Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Boise, Ada County. The school has 484 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Boise Independent District school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“6 in an urban setting. The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1. 38% of students are proficient in reading. 26% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

School district
Boise Independent District

Enrollment & staffing

Horizon Elementary School enrolls 484 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“6. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 28 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.

Male students
259 (54%)
Female students
225 (46%)
Teachers (FTE)
28
Student-teacher ratio
17.3:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“6

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% White, 29% Hispanic or Latino and 6.6% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White25954%
Hispanic or Latino14129%
Black or African American326.6%
Asian296%
Two or more races224.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

272 of the school's 484 students (56%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 209 qualify for free lunch and 63 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

City, MidsizeGrades Pre-Kโ€“6Title I

Horizon Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district ID-20, state senate district 15, state house district 15.

School district: BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT

Horizon Elementary School is one of 51 schools in BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT, based in BOISE, Idaho. The district serves 22,134 students district-wide and employs 1,455 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 484 students, Horizon Elementary School is close to the district average of about 434 students per school.

22,134
District students
51
Schools
1,455
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

38%
Reading proficient
26%
Math proficient
17%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: City - Midsize

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