Glenns Ferry, Idaho
Home Of The Three Island Crossing
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Glenns Ferry, Idaho
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Community Organizations Gun Clubs Lions Club WIC Program City Recreation Youth Groups Salvation Army Rotary Club Elks BPOE Elkettes Oddfellow Rebekahs Jaycees Hospital Auxiliary Worthwhile Club Moose Club VFW Alcohol Anonymous Eagles SHARE American Legion Golf Associations Optimists Club Antique Car Clubs Wildlife Club Beta Sigma Phi Boy Scouts of America Girl Scouts of America Camp Fire, Inc. 4-H Club Optimist Club Historical Society Jobs Daughters Ducks Unlimited Extension Services Performing Arts Council Pheasants Forever Mountain Home Basque Association Eastern Star Alfred E. David, Chapter 8 Zem Zem Shrine Club Andrew Horton Military Lodge 8 Mountain Home Black History Delta Kappa Gamma Teachers Association Elmore Lodge 30 (Masonic Lodge) Order of the DeMolay Emerald Court Order of Amaranth Three Island Senior Center Elmore Shrine Club Ancient Free and Accepted Masons Scottish Rite Royal Arch Masons TOPS Adult Children Anonymous Order of the Amaranth Happy Landings Hands Across the World Epsilon Sigma Alpha Mountain Home AFB Officers Wives Mountain Home AFB Enlisted Wives Idaho National Organization for Women Wishing Star Foundation Sabre Lodge Sagebrush Shufflers Knights of Columbus Rodeo Club Idaho Writers Birthright Disabled American Veterans High Reachers Parent & Partners Special Olympics American Red Cross Retired Officers Association Harley Davidson Club Mountain Home Bowlers 37Education Glenns Ferry School District is a small, rural school district in Southwestern Idaho consisting of about 500 students PreK-12 and approximately sixty-two certified and classified instructional staff members. The District is comprised of Glenns Ferry High School (grades 9-12), Glenns Ferry Middle School (grades 6-8), and Glenns Ferry Elementary School (grades PreK-5). All three schools are housed in a single facility complex with three wings dedicated to the individual schools. Within the District approximately seventy percent of our students qualify for Free or Reduced Lunch. The demographics of our student population within the district break down as follows: Caucasian (50%), Hispanic (49%), Native American (1%), Special Ed (12%), and LEP (33%). Teachers 100% of our teachers are considered highly qualified according to the Federal "No Child Left Behind" Act. All teachers are fully certified by the State Department of Education for the subjects they teach. Small classes with student teacher ratios of: High School 12.8 to 1 Middle School 15.8 to 1 Elementary School 17.4 to 1 Academic Performance The teachers and administrators in the District are dedicated to finding and implementing educational practices that will improve the learning and achievement of our students, and they have implemented several significant changes toward that end. The District has adopted five reform initiatives to improve teaching and learning in the district: 38 School Highlights The schools have shown significant improvements in the number of students reaching proficiency on State Assessments. Over the past few years the number of proficient students have increased by: High School from 2004-2008 Middle School from 2004-2008 Elementary School from 2005-2008 Graduation Rate Ninety-one percent graduate with approximately forty students in each graduating class. High School The high school offers Professional Technical Education courses in: Agricultural Science and Technology; Industrial Technology; and Business Technology. Through the Idaho Digital Learning Academy students are able to take online courses during the school day. This program offers many AP, Advanced Placement, and enrichment courses to our students. Facilities The schools are housed in a main complex with three wings. There is also a Professional Technical building and computer building with two computer laboratories. The main facility was built in 1962 with a middle school wing and elementary library added in 1992. The facility is well maintained with major remodels to all the bathrooms and secondary library. In 2004 a 15-year, $3,100,000 bond was passed that provided a new metal roof system, new electrical upgrades to the classrooms, and new heating and air condition systems for the entire facility. The District has no other indebtedness.
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