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Desert Sage Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Boise, Ada County. The school has 522 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Joint School District No. 2 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 38.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1. 43% of students are proficient in reading. 33% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Desert Sage Elementary School enrolls 522 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 38.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% White, 14% Hispanic or Latino and 12% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 308 | 59% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 73 | 14% |
| Black or African American | 61 | 12% |
| Asian | 34 | 6.5% |
| Two or more races | 34 | 6.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 10 | 1.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
276 of the school's 522 students (53%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 214 qualify for free lunch and 62 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.
Desert Sage Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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-10, state senate district 21, state house district 21.
Desert Sage Elementary School is one of 61 schools in JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2, based in MERIDIAN, Idaho. The district serves 38,740 students district-wide and employs 2,199 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 522 students, Desert Sage Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 635 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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