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Desert Springs Elementary School, Nampa, ID

Desert Springs Elementary School is a public elementary school in Nampa, part of Vallivue School District. It enrolled 686 students in 2024-25, with 19.1 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "DESERT SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
686
Teachers (FTE)
36.0
Students per teacher
19.1
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 19.3. The Idaho average across schools is 18.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school19.1
District19.3
Idaho18.3
United States15.3

School details

Address
18178 Santa Ana Avenue, Nampa, ID 83687
Phone
(208)466-1555
District
Vallivue School District
County
Canyon County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Suburb: Midsize
NCES school ID
160060000935
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
327
Reduced-price lunch
69
Free or reduced-price lunch
39657.7% of enrollment.
Direct certification
307Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Vallivue School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Nampa

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.