Regular local school district · Madison County
Sugar-Salem Joint District, ID: schools, enrollment and spending
Sugar-Salem Joint District runs 6 public schools with 2,302 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 21.3 students per teacher is 3.0 higher than the Idaho figure of 18.3.Listed in NCES data as "SUGAR-SALEM JOINT DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 2,302
- Teachers (FTE)
- 108
- Students per teacher
- 21.3
- ID: 18.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 105 West Center Street, Sugar City, ID 83448
- Phone
- (208)356-8802
- County
- Madison County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1603090
- State district ID
- ID-322
- Total staff (FTE)
- 191
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 384 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 6.0
Students per teacher compared
This district21.3
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 (1,583), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $16.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.6 million
- State revenue
- $10.7 million
- Local revenue
- $2.8 million
- Total spending
- $12.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $7,739
- Salaries
- $7.7 million63.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $13.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.0%
- State: 66.5%
- Local: 17.5%
Idaho overall
- Federal: 16.2%
- State: 61.5%
- Local: 22.4%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$7,739
Idaho$9,647
United States$16,826
Schools in Sugar-Salem Joint District
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Central Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 2 | 319 | 15.9 |
| Kershaw Intermediate School | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 318 | 17.7 |
| Sugar-Salem High School | High | 9 to 12 | 584 | 21.6 |
| Sugar-Salem Junior High School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 370 | 15.4 |
| Sugar-Salem Online | Other | K to 12 | 688 | 57.3 |
| Valley View Alternative High School | High | 8 to 12 | 23 | 4.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Madison County
- Madison District 5,720 students
- West Jefferson District 622 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.