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Challis Joint School District 181

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Challis Joint School District 181 is located close to the center of Idaho. Challis Joint School District 181 has 4,060.17 square miles of land area and 13.47 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Challis Joint School District 181 population is 2,854. Challis Joint School District 181 median household income is $37,692 in 2010-2014. Challis Joint School District 181 median house value is $153,600 in 2010-2014. On average, Challis Joint School District 181 is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (74 out of 109, bottom 32%) Elementary/Middle School: (58 out of 110, bottom 47%)* Rank: #72
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	2,854 (2010-2014), rank #71
Population Growth	-10.73% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	0.70/sq mi, rank #108
Median Household Income:	$37,692 at 2010-2014—-8.28% increase since 2005-2009, rank #95
Median House Price:	$153,600 at 2010-2014—17.52% increase since 2005-2009, rank #45
Time Zone:	Mountain GMT -7:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	4,060.17 sq mi, rank #3
Water Area:	13.47 sq mi (0.33%), rank #20
State:	Idaho
County:	Lemhi County, Custer County
City:	Ellis, May, Salmon, Challis, Clayton, Stanley
Zip:	83235, 83253, 83467, 83226, 83227, 83278

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Challis Joint School District 181 Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

721 East Main Ave

Challis ID, 83226, Custer County

Phone: 208-879-4231

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	429	436	447	431	404	439	467
English Language Learner Students:	5	6	6	6	6	11	10
Total Teachers:	28.50	31.85	34.77	31.99	34.83	34.60	34.50
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	1.03	1.16	1.22	1.26	1.50	1.10	1.30
Elementary:	12.34	13.52	14.84	13.64	15.79	17.30	17.30
Secondary:	15.13	16.57	18.11	16.49	16.94	16.20	15.90
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	17.02	9.15	25.71	24.50	28.08	29.50	27.60
Instructional Aides:	4.66	4.83	4.39	3.51	5.62	6.00	5.30
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	NA	0.23	0.15	0.25	0.00	0.70
Total Guidance Counselors:	0.54	0.43	1.20	2.00	1.44	2.00	2.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	NA	0.25	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	NA	0.18	0.20	1.00	0.44	1.00	1.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.54	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.15	0.31	0.25	0.12	0.32	0.40	0.30
Library/Media Support:	0.25	0.28	0.28	0.28	0.60	0.60	0.60
District Administrators:	0.12	0.00	2.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.40
District Administrative Support:	0.00	NA	2.80	2.73	2.80	2.80	2.80
School Administrators:	1.88	1.88	1.85	1.85	1.75	2.00	1.30
School Administrative Support:	1.44	1.42	1.42	1.79	1.78	1.80	1.70
Student Support Services:	7.98	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Other Support Services:	NA	NA	11.29	11.07	12.52	12.90	12.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.05	13.69	12.86	13.47	11.60	12.69	13.54

Schools

Challis Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	1000 East Bluff Ave, Challis ID 83226
Challis Jr-Sr High School	Grade 7 to Grade 12	1250 Norse Dr, Challis ID 83226
Clayton Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	Kinnikinic Creek Rd, Clayton ID 83227
Patterson Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	13 Patterson Rd, May ID 83253
Stanley Elementary-Jr High School	Kindergarten to Grade 8	425 School Rd, Stanley ID 83278

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ISAT Test
2008	Language Usage	10th Grade	% met std	54.6%	68.8%
2009	Language Usage	10th Grade	% met std	50%	40.7%
2010	Language Usage	10th Grade	% met std	55.5%	71.5%
2011	Language Usage	10th Grade	% met std	79.2%	72.6%
2012	Language Usage	10th Grade	% met std	65.7%	76.6%
2013	Language Usage	10th Grade	% met std	81.1%	72.3%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	72.7%	76.7%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	30.8%	44%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	74.1%	76.8%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	91.6%	78.5%
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	59.4%	78%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	76.3%	76.4%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81.8%	85.7%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	88.9%	86.4%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	87.5%	87.2%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	87.6%	87.6%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	94.7%	89.2%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	63.6%	66.9%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	69.7%	68.6%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	51.8%	67.9%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	83.3%	69.3%
2012	Science	10th Grade	% met std	71.9%	72.5%
2013	Science	10th Grade	% met std	71.1%	72.7%
2008	Language Usage	3rd Grade	% met std	73.3%	70%
2009	Language Usage	3rd Grade	% met std	81.8%	73.3%
2010	Language Usage	3rd Grade	% met std	84.4%	73.1%
2011	Language Usage	3rd Grade	% met std	65.5%	73.7%
2012	Language Usage	3rd Grade	% met std	86.4%	74.6%
2013	Language Usage	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	72.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.4%	87.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	86.6%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.9%	87.7%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.2%	88.6%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.5%	88.4%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.3%	89.7%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.7%	82.7%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	86.8%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96.9%	88.9%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.9%	89.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.4%	88.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.6%	89.4%
2008	Language Usage	4th Grade	% met std	86.8%	77.6%
2009	Language Usage	4th Grade	% met std	75.8%	80.4%
2010	Language Usage	4th Grade	% met std	91.4%	81.9%
2011	Language Usage	4th Grade	% met std	89.6%	81.1%
2012	Language Usage	4th Grade	% met std	78.2%	84.8%
2013	Language Usage	4th Grade	% met std	96%	83.2%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.7%	84.2%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.1%	85.6%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	100%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.3%	83.4%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.7%	86.8%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88%	86.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.5%	82.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.7%	86.3%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.5%	86.2%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93.1%	86.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.5%	88.9%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	96%	89.7%
2008	Language Usage	5th Grade	% met std	73.9%	74.2%
2009	Language Usage	5th Grade	% met std	71.7%	77.2%
2010	Language Usage	5th Grade	% met std	71%	77.2%
2011	Language Usage	5th Grade	% met std	75%	78.7%
2012	Language Usage	5th Grade	% met std	86.1%	79.4%
2013	Language Usage	5th Grade	% met std	75.9%	80.1%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	78%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.2%	77.9%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71%	79.8%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70%	80.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	78.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.7%	79.2%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.7%	84.3%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.7%	86.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.5%	88%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	88.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.9%	87.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.7%	88.5%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	60.1%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	57.9%	66.4%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	77.4%	64.9%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	77.5%	67.4%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	77.8%	69.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	79.3%	72.2%
2008	Language Usage	6th Grade	% met std	68.4%	71.7%
2009	Language Usage	6th Grade	% met std	75%	73.7%
2010	Language Usage	6th Grade	% met std	69.3%	75.1%
2011	Language Usage	6th Grade	% met std	75%	75.4%
2012	Language Usage	6th Grade	% met std	76.4%	76.5%
2013	Language Usage	6th Grade	% met std	91.2%	73.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	61.6%	77.1%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.1%	78.2%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	64.1%	79.2%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.2%	77.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79%	79%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.2%	77.8%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.3%	81.6%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.1%	85.7%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.6%	85.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.8%	88.4%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.4%	89.5%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	94.2%	86.7%
2008	Language Usage	7th Grade	% met std	61.3%	69%
2009	Language Usage	7th Grade	% met std	52.8%	71.3%
2010	Language Usage	7th Grade	% met std	75%	73.5%
2011	Language Usage	7th Grade	% met std	72.3%	73.5%
2012	Language Usage	7th Grade	% met std	71.9%	74.2%
2013	Language Usage	7th Grade	% met std	84.2%	74.6%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.6%	74.8%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	52.7%	75.2%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84%	75.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	62.1%	74.5%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.8%	75.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.8%	77%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.2%	80.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.7%	85.3%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	93.2%	87.4%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.7%	87.7%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.7%	90.8%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	92.3%	88.3%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	58%	51%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	44.4%	55.8%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	72.7%	53.7%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	54%	57.2%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	75%	59.4%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	56.4%	56.8%
2008	Language Usage	8th Grade	% met std	60%	66.6%
2009	Language Usage	8th Grade	% met std	86.2%	71.5%
2010	Language Usage	8th Grade	% met std	55.9%	71.8%
2011	Language Usage	8th Grade	% met std	76.2%	71.2%
2012	Language Usage	8th Grade	% met std	65%	72.8%
2013	Language Usage	8th Grade	% met std	68%	74.8%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73.3%	78.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.2%	78.4%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.7%	79.9%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.4%	79.5%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.5%	78.8%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76%	79.8%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.3%	88.4%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.1%	91.4%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.4%	91.3%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93%	92.6%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95%	92.3%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92%	93.8%
2010	Language Usage	9th Grade	% met std	62.5%	63.3%
2011	Language Usage	9th Grade	% met std	51.6%	62.8%
2012	Language Usage	9th Grade	% met std	73%	66.1%
2013	Language Usage	9th Grade	% met std	51.2%	62.4%
2010	Math	9th Grade	% met std	95.8%	69.9%
2011	Math	9th Grade	% met std	43.7%	69.5%
2012	Math	9th Grade	% met std	65.8%	68.8%
2013	Math	9th Grade	% met std	53.7%	66.6%
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	87.5%	80.8%
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	81.3%	81%
2012	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	91.9%	80.9%
2013	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	77.5%	82.3%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$4,002,000	$8,953		$4,146,000	$9,619		$4,696,000	$11,624
Federal:	$814,000	$1,821	20.3%	$824,000	$1,912	19.9%	$1,411,000	$3,493	30.0%
State:	$2,612,000	$5,843	65.3%	$2,768,000	$6,422	66.8%	$2,671,000	$6,611	56.9%
Local:	$576,000	$1,289	14.4%	$554,000	$1,285	13.4%	$614,000	$1,520	13.1%
Total Expenditures:	$3,896,000	$8,716		$4,127,000	$9,575		$4,319,000	$10,691
Total Current Expenditures:	$3,683,000	$8,239		$3,748,000	$8,696		$4,064,000	$10,059
Instructional Expenditures:	$1,920,000	$4,295	52.1%	$1,916,000	$4,445	51.1%	$2,118,000	$5,243	52.1%
Student and Staff Support:	$230,000	$515	6.2%	$252,000	$585	6.7%	$293,000	$725	7.2%
Administration:	$556,000	$1,244	15.1%	$611,000	$1,418	16.3%	$649,000	$1,606	16.0%
Operations, Food, Other:	$977,000	$2,186	26.5%	$969,000	$2,248	25.9%	$1,004,000	$2,485	24.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$213,000	$477		$379,000	$879		$255,000	$631
Construction:	$114,000	$255		$179,000	$415		$167,000	$413
Total Other:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0

Total Salary:	$2,301,000	$5,148		$2,310,000	$5,360		$2,515,000	$6,225
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$1,445,000	$3,233	62.8%	$1,404,000	$3,258	60.8%	$1,527,000	$3,780	60.7%
Other Salary:	$856,000	$1,915	37.2%	$906,000	$2,102	39.2%	$988,000	$2,446	39.3%
Total Benefit:	$691,000	$1,546		$736,000	$1,708		$800,000	$1,980
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$413,000	$924	59.8%	$443,000	$1,028	60.2%	$474,000	$1,173	59.3%
Other Benefit:	$278,000	$622	40.2%	$293,000	$680	39.8%	$326,000	$807	40.8%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	89.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	13.8%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	17.2%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	31.0%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	34.5%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	NA

Mean Base Salary:	$39,935.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$30,233.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$35,188.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$42,352.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$44,290.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	NA

* Challis Joint School District 181 was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.