Regular local school district · Gooding County
Gooding Joint District, ID: schools, enrollment and spending
Gooding Joint District runs 4 public schools with 1,189 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.7 students per teacher is 1.6 lower than the Idaho figure of 18.3.Listed in NCES data as "GOODING JOINT DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 1,189
- Teachers (FTE)
- 71
- Students per teacher
- 16.7
- ID: 18.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1050 7th Avenue West, Gooding, ID 83330
- Phone
- (208)934-4321
- County
- Gooding County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1601260
- State district ID
- ID-231
- Total staff (FTE)
- 132
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 396 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.7
Idaho18.3
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (1,295), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $13.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.4 million
- State revenue
- $8.3 million
- Local revenue
- $2.0 million
- Total spending
- $12.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $9,832
- Salaries
- $6.5 million51.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 24.7%
- State: 60.7%
- Local: 14.6%
Idaho overall
- Federal: 16.2%
- State: 61.5%
- Local: 22.4%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$9,832
Idaho$9,647
United States$16,826
Schools in Gooding Joint District
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Gooding Alternative Learning Center | High | 9 to 12 | 32 | 16.0 |
| Gooding Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 484 | 16.7 |
| Gooding High School | High | 9 to 12 | 384 | 18.3 |
| Gooding Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 289 | 16.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Gooding County
- Wendell District 1,104 students
- Hagerman Joint District 374 students
- North Valley Academy Inc. 197 students
- Idaho Bureau of Educational Services for the Deaf and the Bl 111 students
- Bliss Joint District 110 students
More in Idaho
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.