Regular local school district · Elmore County
Mountain Home District, ID: schools, enrollment and spending
Mountain Home District runs 8 public schools with 3,647 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 18.6 students per teacher is about the same as the Idaho figure of 18.3.Listed in NCES data as "MOUNTAIN HOME DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 3,647
- Teachers (FTE)
- 196
- Students per teacher
- 18.6
- ID: 18.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 470 North 3rd East, Mountain Home, ID 83647
- Phone
- (208)587-2580
- County
- Elmore County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1602250
- State district ID
- ID-193
- Total staff (FTE)
- 339
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 456 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 11.0
Students per teacher compared
This district18.6
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 (3,610), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $33.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $8.1 million
- State revenue
- $22.1 million
- Local revenue
- $3.6 million
- Total spending
- $31.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $8,645
- Salaries
- $17.1 million54.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 24.0%
- State: 65.4%
- Local: 10.6%
Idaho overall
- Federal: 16.2%
- State: 61.5%
- Local: 22.4%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$8,645
Idaho$9,647
United States$16,826
Schools in Mountain Home District
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bennett Mountain High School | High | 6 to 12 | 88 | 17.6 |
| East Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 386 | 19.3 |
| Hacker Middle School | Middle | 5 to 6 | 530 | 18.3 |
| Mountain Home Junior High School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 500 | 18.5 |
| Mountain Home Senior High School | High | 9 to 12 | 918 | 18.0 |
| North Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 357 | 19.8 |
| Stephensen Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 312 | 19.5 |
| West Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 556 | 20.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Elmore County
- Idaho Virtual High School Inc. 741 students
- Glenns Ferry Joint District 361 students
- Prairie Elementary District 6 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.