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Blaine County School District 61

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Blaine County School District 61 is located close to the center of Idaho. Blaine County School District 61 has 2,643.58 square miles of land area and 17.12 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Blaine County School District 61 population is 21,269. Blaine County School District 61 median household income is $62,489 in 2010-2014. Blaine County School District 61 median house value is $373,000 in 2010-2014. On average, Blaine County School District 61 is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (34 out of 109, top 31%) Elementary/Middle School: (20 out of 110, top 18%)* Rank: #28
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	9
Population	21,269 (2010-2014), rank #22
Population Growth	-2.32% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	7.99/sq mi, rank #68
Median Household Income:	$62,489 at 2010-2014—10.40% increase since 2005-2009, rank #4
Median House Price:	$373,000 at 2010-2014—-25.59% increase since 2005-2009, rank #1
Time Zone:	Mountain GMT -7:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	2,643.58 sq mi, rank #5
Water Area:	17.12 sq mi (0.64%), rank #18
State:	Idaho
County:	Blaine County
City:	Hailey, Ketchum, Sun Valley, Bellevue, Carey, Picabo, Shoshone, Rupert
Zip:	83333, 83340, 83353, 83354, 83313, 83320, 83348, 83352, 83350
Area:	Burley, ID

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Blaine County School District 61 Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

118 West Bullion St

Hailey ID, 83333, Blaine County

Phone: 208-578-5000

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,442	3,322	3,178	3,197	3,290	3,290	3,235
English Language Learner Students:	437	NA	575	618	588	682	587
Total Teachers:	271.08	266.22	273.26	267.87	256.20	255.50	246.90
Prekindergarten:	3.00	3.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	16.60	16.72	17.81	17.50	14.00	12.00	12.00
Elementary:	114.98	114.81	116.03	115.83	131.08	132.60	124.60
Secondary:	136.50	131.69	138.42	133.54	110.12	109.90	109.30
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	148.40	86.74	210.09	216.02	191.08	190.90	199.80
Instructional Aides:	59.34	58.19	59.79	60.94	48.46	46.10	58.10
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	NA	6.86	8.41	8.50	6.80	4.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.59	5.26	6.39	7.44	6.60	6.50	6.50
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	NA	0.03	0.07	0.11	1.20	2.00	1.50
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	NA	5.23	6.32	7.33	5.40	4.50	5.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	4.59	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.96	0.96	0.33	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	4.14	4.14	4.85	4.85	3.43	3.40	4.90
District Administrators:	1.80	NA	0.00	2.00	1.00	2.00	2.00
District Administrative Support:	3.76	NA	17.11	16.04	15.22	14.80	14.60
School Administrators:	9.15	6.75	7.66	8.50	11.00	10.00	10.00
School Administrative Support:	11.35	11.44	11.44	11.33	10.19	10.90	10.90
Student Support Services:	53.31	NA	16.60	16.60	14.60	14.60	14.60
Other Support Services:	NA	NA	79.06	78.91	70.08	73.80	72.20
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.70	12.48	11.63	11.93	12.84	12.88	13.10

Schools

Bellevue Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	305 North 5th St, Bellevue ID 83313
Carey Public School	Prekindergarten to Grade 12	20 Panther Ln, Carey ID 83320
Early Childhood Special Education Program	Prekindergarten to Kindergarten	520 3rd Ave South, Bellevue ID 83313
Ernest Hemingway Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	118 Eighth St West, Ketchum ID 83340
Hailey Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	520 South First Ave, Hailey ID 83333
Silver Creek High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1060 Fox Acres Rd, Hailey ID 83333
Wood River High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1250 Fox Acres Rd, Hailey ID 83333
Wood River Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	900 Second Ave North, Hailey ID 83333
Woodside Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	1111 Woodside Elementary Ln, Hailey ID 83333

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ISAT Test
2008	Language Usage	10th Grade	% met std	73.9%	68.8%
2009	Language Usage	10th Grade	% met std	47.4%	40.7%
2010	Language Usage	10th Grade	% met std	71.8%	71.5%
2011	Language Usage	10th Grade	% met std	75.8%	72.6%
2012	Language Usage	10th Grade	% met std	84.9%	76.6%
2013	Language Usage	10th Grade	% met std	83.6%	72.3%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	82.3%	76.7%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	41.4%	44%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	75.2%	76.8%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	78.5%	78.5%
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	83.8%	78%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	85.7%	76.4%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84.2%	85.7%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	43.2%	58.5%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83.9%	86.4%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	89.5%	87.2%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90.5%	87.6%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	93.5%	89.2%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	59.7%	66.9%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	73.3%	68.6%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	68.4%	67.9%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	75.3%	69.3%
2012	Science	10th Grade	% met std	70.4%	72.5%
2013	Science	10th Grade	% met std	81.5%	72.7%
2008	Language Usage	11th Grade	% met std	0%	21.8%
2009	Language Usage	11th Grade	% met std	27.5%	26%
2010	Language Usage	11th Grade	% met std	36.4%	31.3%
2011	Language Usage	11th Grade	% met std	28.6%	26.4%
2012	Language Usage	11th Grade	% met std	35.5%	32.9%
2013	Language Usage	11th Grade	% met std	28.6%	23.5%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	7.1%	25.2%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	31.6%	23%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	41.4%	31.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43.2%	28.6%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	32%	26.4%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	40.9%	25%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	35.7%	38.4%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.2%	40.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	36.3%	37.9%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	41.2%	40.8%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.2%	38%
2010	Language Usage	12th Grade	% met std	52.9%	31.2%
2011	Language Usage	12th Grade	% met std	42.9%	23.8%
2012	Language Usage	12th Grade	% met std	38.5%	21.5%
2013	Language Usage	12th Grade	% met std	25%	18.9%
2012	Math	12th Grade	% met std	30.8%	17.5%
2008	Language Usage	3rd Grade	% met std	67.3%	70%
2009	Language Usage	3rd Grade	% met std	77.4%	73.3%
2010	Language Usage	3rd Grade	% met std	79.4%	73.1%
2011	Language Usage	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	73.7%
2012	Language Usage	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	74.6%
2013	Language Usage	3rd Grade	% met std	71.1%	72.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.4%	87.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.7%	86.6%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.9%	87.7%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.4%	88.6%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	88.4%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.7%	89.7%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	82.7%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.9%	86.8%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.6%	88.9%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.1%	89.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.6%	88.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.5%	89.4%
2008	Language Usage	4th Grade	% met std	78.9%	77.6%
2009	Language Usage	4th Grade	% met std	79.6%	80.4%
2010	Language Usage	4th Grade	% met std	86.1%	81.9%
2011	Language Usage	4th Grade	% met std	84.6%	81.1%
2012	Language Usage	4th Grade	% met std	82.9%	84.8%
2013	Language Usage	4th Grade	% met std	83.8%	83.2%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.4%	84.2%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.6%	85.6%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.1%	83.4%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	86.8%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.2%	86.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84%	82.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.4%	86.3%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.1%	86.2%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.9%	86.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.5%	88.9%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.4%	89.7%
2008	Language Usage	5th Grade	% met std	79.4%	74.2%
2009	Language Usage	5th Grade	% met std	84.3%	77.2%
2010	Language Usage	5th Grade	% met std	79.8%	77.2%
2011	Language Usage	5th Grade	% met std	82.3%	78.7%
2012	Language Usage	5th Grade	% met std	82.9%	79.4%
2013	Language Usage	5th Grade	% met std	77.3%	80.1%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.2%	78%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.2%	77.9%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.3%	79.8%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86%	80.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.7%	78.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.7%	79.2%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.7%	84.3%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.1%	86.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.3%	88%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.6%	88.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.7%	87.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.5%	88.5%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	68.5%	60.1%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76.4%	66.4%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73.3%	64.9%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	78%	67.4%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	71.8%	69.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	69.4%	72.2%
2008	Language Usage	6th Grade	% met std	78.8%	71.7%
2009	Language Usage	6th Grade	% met std	82%	73.7%
2010	Language Usage	6th Grade	% met std	81.3%	75.1%
2011	Language Usage	6th Grade	% met std	76.9%	75.4%
2012	Language Usage	6th Grade	% met std	82.8%	76.5%
2013	Language Usage	6th Grade	% met std	78.1%	73.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.4%	77.1%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.8%	78.2%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.1%	79.2%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.8%	77.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.7%	79%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.7%	77.8%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.3%	81.6%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.6%	85.7%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.4%	85.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93.4%	88.4%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	96.3%	89.5%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90.1%	86.7%
2008	Language Usage	7th Grade	% met std	77.9%	69%
2009	Language Usage	7th Grade	% met std	78.7%	71.3%
2010	Language Usage	7th Grade	% met std	83.8%	73.5%
2011	Language Usage	7th Grade	% met std	80.5%	73.5%
2012	Language Usage	7th Grade	% met std	78.7%	74.2%
2013	Language Usage	7th Grade	% met std	83.3%	74.6%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.2%	74.8%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.1%	75.2%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.7%	75.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.8%	74.5%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.4%	75.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.2%	77%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.3%	80.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.9%	85.3%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	92.6%	87.4%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89%	87.7%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	96.1%	90.8%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	94.5%	88.3%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	61.2%	51%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	61.7%	55.8%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	73.8%	53.7%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	74.6%	57.2%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	69.9%	59.4%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	69.6%	56.8%
2008	Language Usage	8th Grade	% met std	77.7%	66.6%
2009	Language Usage	8th Grade	% met std	78.9%	71.5%
2010	Language Usage	8th Grade	% met std	78.4%	71.8%
2011	Language Usage	8th Grade	% met std	82%	71.2%
2012	Language Usage	8th Grade	% met std	82.6%	72.8%
2013	Language Usage	8th Grade	% met std	78.6%	74.8%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.8%	78.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.9%	78.4%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.3%	79.9%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.2%	79.5%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.9%	78.8%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.5%	79.8%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.1%	88.4%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	97.4%	91.4%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94%	91.3%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95.1%	92.6%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	97.7%	92.3%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	97.3%	93.8%
2010	Language Usage	9th Grade	% met std	70%	63.3%
2011	Language Usage	9th Grade	% met std	65.6%	62.8%
2012	Language Usage	9th Grade	% met std	77.1%	66.1%
2013	Language Usage	9th Grade	% met std	71.8%	62.4%
2010	Math	9th Grade	% met std	73.9%	69.9%
2011	Math	9th Grade	% met std	72.6%	69.5%
2012	Math	9th Grade	% met std	81.3%	68.8%
2013	Math	9th Grade	% met std	73.7%	66.6%
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	83.6%	80.8%
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	85.8%	81%
2012	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	88.4%	80.9%
2013	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	89.8%	82.3%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$56,847,000	$17,888		$63,240,000	$19,781		$57,728,000	$17,547
Federal:	$2,399,000	$755	4.2%	$6,683,000	$2,090	10.6%	$4,163,000	$1,265	7.2%
State:	$14,727,000	$4,634	25.9%	$15,773,000	$4,934	24.9%	$14,540,000	$4,419	25.2%
Local:	$39,721,000	$12,499	69.9%	$40,784,000	$12,757	64.5%	$39,025,000	$11,862	67.6%
Total Expenditures:	$60,322,000	$18,981		$64,618,000	$20,212		$52,038,000	$15,817
Total Current Expenditures:	$50,167,000	$15,786		$49,105,000	$15,360		$48,272,000	$14,672
Instructional Expenditures:	$32,312,000	$10,167	64.4%	$31,888,000	$9,974	64.9%	$30,988,000	$9,419	64.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$4,007,000	$1,261	8.0%	$3,599,000	$1,126	7.3%	$3,852,000	$1,171	8.0%
Administration:	$5,667,000	$1,783	11.3%	$5,286,000	$1,653	10.8%	$5,090,000	$1,547	10.5%
Operations, Food, Other:	$8,181,000	$2,574	16.3%	$8,332,000	$2,606	17.0%	$8,342,000	$2,536	17.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$10,048,000	$3,162		$15,128,000	$4,732		$2,992,000	$909
Construction:	$7,855,000	$2,472		$13,128,000	$4,106		$25,000	$8
Total Other:	$105,000	$33		$118,000	$37		$94,000	$29
Interest on Debt:	$2,000	$1		$267,000	$84		$680,000	$207

Total Salary:	$31,020,000	$9,761		$30,454,000	$9,526		$30,157,000	$9,166
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$22,706,000	$7,145	73.2%	$22,348,000	$6,990	73.4%	$21,907,000	$6,659	72.6%
Other Salary:	$8,314,000	$2,616	26.8%	$8,106,000	$2,536	26.6%	$8,250,000	$2,508	27.4%
Total Benefit:	$12,364,000	$3,890		$11,601,000	$3,629		$10,849,000	$3,298
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$8,573,000	$2,698	69.3%	$8,144,000	$2,547	70.2%	$7,548,000	$2,294	69.6%
Other Benefit:	$3,791,000	$1,193	30.7%	$3,457,000	$1,081	29.8%	$3,301,000	$1,003	30.4%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	58.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	41.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	15.4%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	23.5%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	35.0%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	20.5%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	5.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$61,710.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$44,719.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$54,147.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$66,707.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$71,624.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$72,634.0

* Blaine County School District 61 was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.