Minidoka County Joint School District 331 is a school district headquartered in Rupert, Idaho. It was established in 1948. [1]
The district's territory includes all of Minidoka County, [2] as well as portions of Cassia, [3] Jerome, [4] and Lincoln counties. [5] Students living in the rural Yale area in Blaine County's southeastern panhandle are sent to Minidoka County public schools. [6] The Blaine County School District pays money to the Minidoka student to send the Yale students to Minidoka students. In 1994, there was bus transportation provided by both districts, with Acequia Elementary School in Acequia, operated by the Minidoka district, as the handoff point where the students switch drivers. In 1994, 16 students were sent from Blaine County to Minidoka County. [7]
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In 2023, Spencer Larsen became the superintendent. He was previously the superintendent of the Gooding School District. [8]
Power County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 Census, the county had a population of 7,878. The county seat and largest city is American Falls. The county was created by the Idaho Legislature on January 30, 1913, by a partition of Cassia County. It is named for an early hydroelectric power plant (1902) at the American Falls.
Minidoka County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,613. The county seat and largest city is Rupert.
Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,127. The county seat and largest city is Shoshone. The county is named after President Abraham Lincoln. The Idaho Territory was created in 1863, during the Lincoln Administration of 1861–65.
Jerome County is a county in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 Census the county had a population of 24,237. The county seat and largest city is Jerome. The county was created by the Idaho Legislature on February 8, 1919, by a partition of Lincoln County. It was named after either Jerome Hill, a developer of the North Side Irrigation Project, his son-in-law Jerome Kuhn, or his grandson Jerome Kuhn, Jr.
Cassia County is a county in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 Census the county had a population of 24,655. The county seat and largest city is Burley. Cassia County is included in the Burley, ID Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Blaine County is a county in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 24,272. The county seat and largest city is Hailey. It is also home to the Sun Valley ski resort, adjacent to Ketchum.
Burley is a city in Cassia and Minidoka counties in southern Idaho, United States. The population was 11,704 at the 2020 census, up from 10,345 in 2010. The city is the county seat of Cassia County.
Acequia is a city in Minidoka County, Idaho, United States. The population was 131 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Burley, Idaho Micropolitan Statistical Area. The town is named for the Spanish word for canal.
Heyburn is a city in Minidoka County, Idaho, United States. The population was 3,700 at the 2020 census, up from 3,089 in 2010. It is part of the Burley micropolitan area.
Minidoka is a city in Minidoka County, Idaho, United States. The population was 86 at the 2020 census, down from 112 in 2010. It is part of the Burley, Idaho Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Paul is a city in Minidoka County, Idaho, United States. founded in 1907. The population was 1,195 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Burley, Idaho Micropolitan Statistical Area. The town received its name from Charles H. Paul, an engineer who worked on the Minidoka Project.
Rupert is the county seat and largest city of Minidoka County, Idaho. It is part of the Burley Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 6,082 at the 2020 census, up from 5,554 in 2010.
Minidoka is a name of Dakota Sioux origin meaning "a fountain or spring of water". It is a name shared by several geographic locations in the Magic Valley region of southern Idaho in the United States:
The Magic Valley, also known as South Central Idaho, is a region in south-central Idaho constituting Blaine, Camas, Cassia, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka, and Twin Falls counties. It is particularly associated with the agricultural region in the Snake River Plain located in the area. The northern Magic Valley region — particularly Blaine and Camas Counties — is also known as the Wood River Valley after the Big Wood River.
The Burley Micropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in the Magic Valley region of Idaho, anchored by the city of Burley. It is commonly referred to locally as the "Mini-Cassia" area, an amalgam of Minidoka and Cassia Counties.
Blaine County School District 61 (BCSD) is a school district headquartered in Hailey, Idaho.
Minico High School, also known as Minidoka County High School, is a four-year public secondary school in unincorporated Minidoka County, Idaho, with a Rupert postal address, operated by the Minidoka County Joint School District #331. The school colors are red and gold and the mascot is a Spartan.
Jefferson County School District 251 is a school district headquartered in Rigby, Idaho.
The Cassia County Joint School District 151 is a school district located in Cassia County, Idaho. It consists of 16 schools, and is the largest employer in the county.
Est. 1948 (in logo on the upper-left corner of the screen as of 2024/03/12)[...]310 10th Street Rupert, ID 83350
Students in the Yale/Minidoka Area are excluded. Students in this area attend school in Minidoka County School District.