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Taft Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Boise, Ada County. The school has 270 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Boise Independent District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 19.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Taft Elementary School enrolls 270 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 19.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% White, 20% Black or African American and 12% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 138 | 51% |
| Black or African American | 54 | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 32 | 12% |
| Asian | 29 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 4.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | 1.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
268 of the school's 270 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 8 qualify for free lunch and 260 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Taft 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 16, state house district 16.
Taft 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 270 students, Taft Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 434 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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