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Desert Springs Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
18178 Santa Ana Avenue
Nampa, ID 83687
Phone
(208) 466-1555
District
VALLIVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
CANYON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
676
Classroom Teachers
35

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Idaho

7

(10 is best)

Better than 66.3% of all ID schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Desert Springs Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
53%
51%
52%
50%
54%
52%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
56%
51%
57%
52%
55%
49%
56%
51%
57%
52%
55%
49%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
50%
49%
58%
56%
42%
42%
50%
49%
58%
56%
42%
42%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
19
19
17
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 27 4.0%
Kindergarten 122 18.0%
Grade 1 104 15.4%
Grade 2 105 15.5%
Grade 3 110 16.3%
Grade 4 106 15.7%
Grade 5 102 15.1%
Total 676 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 59.4% 56.4% 76.6%
Black 1.5% 1.1% 1.1%
Hispanic 38.8% 41.3% 19.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.7% 1.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.7% 1.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 30.0% 23.7% 22.9%
Free lunch eligible 27.7% 21.8% 19.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.4% 1.9% 3.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 53,386 1,939,033
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 372.4 23
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 9.1% 6.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 24.1% 21.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.3% 32.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 19.9% 23.2%
65 OR OLDER 12.7% 16.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 17,379 675,323
Single Parent Households With Children 9.3% 7.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.5% 91.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 23.9% 30.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 7.9% 14.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.8% 17.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 17.1% 14.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 26.9% 19.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.2% 16.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.5% 11.1%
$15,000 or less 6.5% 7.0%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $4,471 $44,267,371 52.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $431 $4,267,331 5.1%
Staff $525 $5,198,025 6.1%
General Administration $146 $1,445,546 1.7%
School Administration $419 $4,148,519 4.9%
Operation $614 $6,079,214 7.2%
Transportation $398 $3,940,598 4.7%
Other $91 $900,991 1.1%
Total Support $2,624 $25,980,224 30.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,439 $14,247,539 16.9%
Total Expenditures $8,534 $84,495,134 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $4,898 $1,539,635,462 53.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $479 $150,680,165 5.3%
Staff $417 $131,207,114 4.6%
General Administration $191 $59,930,612 2.1%
School Administration $473 $148,591,087 5.2%
Operation $731 $229,883,557 8.1%
Transportation $334 $105,090,900 3.7%
Other $242 $76,170,536 2.7%
Total Support $2,868 $901,482,349 31.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,318 $414,436,918 14.5%
Total Expenditures $9,084 $2,855,631,599 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%