Pocatello-Chubbuck School District No. 25, Idaho, elections

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Pocatello-Chubbuck School District No. 25
District details
School board members: 5
Students: 12,259 (2022-2023)
Schools: 25 (2022-2023)
Website: Link

Pocatello-Chubbuck School District No. 25 is a school district in Idaho (Bannock County). During the 2023 school year, 12,259 students attended one of the district's 25 schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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Elections

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• 2017
• 2015

Pocatello-Chubbuck School District 25 school board Zone 1

General election

General election for Pocatello-Chubbuck School District 25 school board Zone 1

Incumbent Jackie Cranor won election in the general election for Pocatello-Chubbuck School District 25 school board Zone 1 on May 16, 2017.

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✔		Jackie Cranor (Nonpartisan)

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Pocatello-Chubbuck School District 25 school board Zone 2

General election

General election for Pocatello-Chubbuck School District 25 school board Zone 2

Incumbent Janie Gebhardt won election in the general election for Pocatello-Chubbuck School District 25 school board Zone 2 on May 16, 2017.

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✔		Janie Gebhardt (Nonpartisan)

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Pocatello-Chubbuck School District 25 school board Zone 5

General election

General election for Pocatello-Chubbuck School District 25 school board Zone 5

Incumbent David Mattson won election in the general election for Pocatello-Chubbuck School District 25 school board Zone 5 on May 16, 2017.

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Pocatello-Chubbuck School District 25 school board Zone 4

General election

General election for Pocatello-Chubbuck School District 25 school board Zone 4

Incumbent Paul Vitale won election in the general election for Pocatello-Chubbuck School District 25 school board Zone 4 on May 19, 2015.

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✔	Submit photo	Paul Vitale (Nonpartisan)

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Election rules

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Election dates and frequency

See also: Rules governing school board election dates and timing

School board general elections in Idaho are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November every two years in odd-numbered years for all districts with elections governed by state law rather than a district-specific charter. As of 2022, Boise School district was the only district holding elections on a schedule dictated by its charter on a different date than the date provided by state law.

Boise School District board general elections are held on the first Tuesday of September in even-numbered years. The charter of the Boise School District was established in 1881, and, according to the secretary of state, the Boise School District is exempt from state law in cases of conflict with the charter.

See law: Idaho Statute Section 33-503
and Boise School District Charter Policy 1122

Recent or upcoming election dates for all public school districts in the state except the Boise School District

Below are the recent/upcoming dates for all public school districts in the state except the Boise School District. There may be exceptions to these dates for specific districts because of local charters and district-specific exceptions and carve-outs.

• Filing deadline date: September 5, 2025
• General election date: November 4, 2025

Recent or upcoming election dates for the Boise School District, according to its district-specific charter enacted in 1881 and, per the secretary of state, exempt from state law in the case of conflict with the charter

Below are the recent/upcoming dates for the Boise School District, according to its district-specific charter enacted in 1881 and, per the secretary of state, exempt from state law in the case of conflict with the charter. There may be exceptions to these dates for specific districts because of local charters and district-specific exceptions and carve-outs.

• Filing deadline date: July 3, 2026
• General election date: September 1, 2026

Election system

School board members in Idaho are elected through nonpartisan general elections without primaries.

See law: Idaho Statute Section 33-503

Party labels on the ballot

See also: Rules governing party labels in school board elections

School board elections in Idaho are nonpartisan, which means party labels do not appear on the ballot for school board candidates. Idaho Statute establishes that school board candidates qualify for the ballot according to the nonpartisan candidate nominating petition process, not through a primary election or political party nomination process. Idaho Statute states that school board candidate nomination petitions, "shall bear the name of the candidate, state the term for which declaration of candidacy is made, and bear the signature of not less than five (5) school district electors" and does not provide for party affiliation information.

See law: Idaho Statute Section 33-501

Winning an election

The school board candidates that receive the largest number of votes in the general election are elected to office.

See law: Idaho Statute Section 33-503 and Boise School District Charter Policy 1120

Term length and staggering

School board members have four-year terms for all districts except the Boise School District.

The Boise School District board members serve six-year terms.

See law: Idaho State Statue 33-501 and Boise School District Charter.3

Representation: at large vs. by sub-district

School districts in Idaho elect board members by trustee zones (sub-districts) unless they are one of the four districts as of 2022 that were governed by charter rather than statute or that had fewer than 140 registered voters and requested to hold at large elections. School board members must be electors of their district and must reside in the trustee zone they are seeking to represent. Voters within each trustee zone vote for their representative board members. The remaining school board members can appoint a member to fill a vacancy from the district at large if they are unable to appoint a trustee from the correct trustee zone after 90 days.

School districts in Idaho with board member elections governed at least partially by local charter rather than statute can elect school board members at large by voters from the entire district instead of by trustee areas. Districts with fewer than 140 registered voters can also request to have at-large elections as well, according to statute. As of 2022, four districts elected board members at large rather than by trustee areas: Boise School District, Emmett Independent School District, Lewiston Independent School District No. 1, and Three Creek School District #416.

See law: Idaho State Statue 33-501, Boise School District Trustee Election Information, and Idaho State Statutes 34-1414 and Idaho State Statue 33-501, Boise School District Trustee Election Information, and Idaho State Statutes 34-1414

Filing deadlines and swearing-in dates

School board candidates in Idaho must file nomination petitions by 5:00 p.m. on the ninth Friday before the election, which means the filing deadline is in early September 60 days before the November odd-year election for all school districts except the Boise School District. Nominating petitions require signatures from five electors in the district.

Candidates for the Boise School District Board of Trustees must file nomination petitions by 5:00 p.m. on the ninth Friday before the September election, which means the filing deadline is in early July 60 days before the even-year election.

See law: Idaho State Statue 34-1404

State statute does not establish a date upon which school board candidates can begin to file nomination petitions or start to collect the required five signatures.

See law: Idaho State Statue 34-1404

Newly elected school board members officially take office on the first day of January following their election according to statute.

See law: Idaho State Statue 33-501

 

Recall elections

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See also: States that allow school board recalls

Recall procedures

State	Specific grounds required?	Signature requirement	Petition circulation time	When recalls can start
Idaho	No	20% of registered voters at the last regular election for the office	75 days	Recalls cannot start until an official has been in office for 90 days

Recall efforts

2025

See also: Raymond Knoff recall, Pocatello-Chubbuck School District No. 25, Idaho (2025)

An effort to recall Raymond Knoff from his position as the Zone 4 representative on the Pocatello-Chubbuck School District No. 25 board of trustees in Idaho did not go to a vote in 2025. Recall supporters submitted over 900 signatures, but not enough were verified by the county to meet the 853-signature threshold.

The recall effort started after the board voted 3-2 on January 21, 2025, to close Washington Elementary School after the 2024-2025 school year. The school was located in Zone 4 of the school district. Knoff, the area's representative, voted in favor of the closure. The district had lost more than $8 million in funding from the state since 2019 due to decreasing student enrollment.

About the district

School board

The Pocatello-Chubbuck School District No. 25 consists of five members serving four-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members

Name	Year assumed office	Year term ends
Raymond Knoff	2023	2027
Jim Facer	2020	2027
Heather Clarke		2025
Megan Furniss	2024	2025
Deanna Judy	2021	2025

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Overlapping state house districts

Pocatello-Chubbuck School District No. 25

Office Name	Current Officeholder	Party	% School District Covered	% Other District Covered
Idaho House of Representatives District 28A	Richard Cheatum	Republican Party	89%	11%
Idaho House of Representatives District 28B	Dan Garner	Republican Party	89%	11%
Idaho House of Representatives District 29A	Dustin W. Manwaring	Republican Party	11%	100%
Idaho House of Representatives District 29B	Tanya Burgoyne	Republican Party	11%	100%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Revenue
• Expenditures

Revenue, 2020-2021

SOURCE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Federal:	$24,238,000	$2,039	21%
Local:	$19,306,000	$1,624	17%
State:	$71,766,000	$6,038	62%
Total:	$115,310,000	$9,702

Expenditures, 2020-2021

TYPE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Total Expenditures:	$112,247,000	$9,444
Total Current Expenditures:	$98,843,000	$8,316
Instructional Expenditures:	$61,477,000	$5,172	55%
Student and Staff Support:	$11,574,000	$973	10%
Administration:	$9,830,000	$827	9%
Operations, Food Service, Other:	$15,962,000	$1,343	14%
Total Capital Outlay:	$13,360,000	$1,124
Construction:	$4,834,000	$406
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other:	$44,000	$3
Interest on Debt:	$0	$0

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."

• Mathematics
• Reading/language arts
• Graduation rates

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	45	45-49	20-29	27	15-19	40-44	49
2018-2019	51	50-54	30-39	34	15-19	50-54	55
2017-2018	52	55-59	30-39	36	20-24	55-59	55
2016-2017	50	45-49	30-39	34	15-19	45-49	54
2015-2016	48	55-59	30-39	29	15-19	50-54	53
2014-2015	42	40-44	30-34	25	15-19	40-44	46
2013-2014	50-54	PS	PS	40-59	<50		50-54
2012-2013	83	90-94	80-84	74	61	85-89	86
2011-2012	83	90-94	70-74	74	66	85-89	85
2010-2011	82	85-89	70-74	70	62	80-89	85

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	58	55-59	40-49	41	20-24	55-59	63
2018-2019	59	60-64	40-49	44	25-29	55-59	64
2017-2018	61	60-64	50-59	48	25-29	60-64	65
2016-2017	60	60-64	60-69	45	25-29	55-59	64
2015-2016	60	55-59	50-59	42	25-29	60-64	64
2014-2015	56	60-64	45-49	40	25-29	60-64	59
2013-2014	70-74	PS	PS	60-79	>=50		65-69
2012-2013	90	90-94	85-89	84	79	90-94	92
2011-2012	91	>=95	85-89	86	81	90-94	92
2010-2011	90	90-94	85-89	81	81	>=90	92

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2019-2020	91	>=80	>=50	90-94	60-69	>=50	92
2018-2019	93	>=80	>=50	90-94	>=80	>=80	93
2017-2018	90	>=80	>=50	85-89	70-79	>=50	91
2016-2017	89	>=80	>=50	90-94	70-79	>=80	91
2015-2016	88	>=80	>=50	80-84	60-69	>=50	90
2014-2015	90	>=80	>=50	80-84	80-89	>=50	91
2013-2014	91	>=80	>=80	85-89	60-69	>=50	93

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Enrollment
• Demographics

Year	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2022-2023	12,259	2.1
2021-2022	11,996	0.9
2020-2021	11,885	-5.2
2019-2020	12,502	-0.8
2018-2019	12,596	0.8
2017-2018	12,494	0.9
2016-2017	12,386	0.4
2015-2016	12,336	-4.1
2014-2015	12,840	1.8
2013-2014	12,608	-1.5
2012-2013	12,799	-0.6
2011-2012	12,873	2.8
2010-2011	12,512	0.5
2009-2010	12,447	0.7
2008-2009	12,365	3.0
2007-2008	11,999	-0.1
2006-2007	12,015	-0.4
2005-2006	12,066	0.7
2004-2005	11,979	-1.1
2003-2004	12,111	1.3
2002-2003	11,949	-3.5
2001-2002	12,370	-0.2
2000-2001	12,393	-1.9
1999-2000	12,634	0.0

Racial Demographics, 2022-2023

RACE	Pocatello-Chubbuck School District No. 25 (%)	Idaho K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	3.5	1.0
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	0.7	1.1
Black	0.6	1.1
Hispanic	13.0	19.3
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	0.5	0.3
Two or More Races	4.2	3.4
White	77.4	73.8

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Teachers
• Administrators
• Other staff

As of the 2022-2023 school year, Pocatello-Chubbuck School District No. 25 had 644.18 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 19.03.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten:	5.00
Kindergarten:	40.00
Elementary:	305.14
Secondary:	294.04
Total:	644.18

Pocatello-Chubbuck School District No. 25 employed 1.00 district administrators and 27.54 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.

Administrators, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators:	1.00
District Administrative Support:	27.11
School Administrators:	27.54
School Administrative Support:	37.61

Other staff, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides:	104.00
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors:	9.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	27.80
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.00
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.59
Library/Media Support:	13.56
Student Support Services:	22.90
Other Support Services:	251.87

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

The Pocatello-Chubbuck School District No. 25 operates 25 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

List of schools

SCHOOL NAME	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	GRADES
Alameda Middle School	645	6-8
Century High School	1,092	9-12
Chubbuck Elementary School	495	PK-5
Claude A Wilcox Elementary School	524	KG-5
Edahow Elementary School	298	KG-5
Franklin Middle School	742	6-8
Gate City Elementary School	478	KG-5
Gateway Prof-Tech School	0	9-12
Greenacres Elementary School	321	KG-5
Hawthorne Middle School	674	6-8
Highland High School	1,589	9-12
Indian Hills Elementary School	539	KG-5
Irving Middle School	712	6-8
Jefferson Elementary School	343	PK-5
Kinport Middle School	0	6-8
Lewis & Clark Elementary School	438	KG-5
Lincoln Preschool Center	145	PK-6
New Horizon High School	128	9-12
Pocatello High School	1,352	9-12
Pocatello Juvenile Detention	4	1-12
Rulon M Ellis Elementary School	380	PK-5
Syringa Elementary School	356	PK-5
Tendoy Elementary School	232	KG-5
Tyhee Elementary School	557	PK-5
Washington Elementary School	215	KG-5

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