Regular local school district · Jefferson County
Jefferson County Joint District, ID: schools, enrollment and spending
Jefferson County Joint District runs 11 public schools with 6,591 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 19.4 students per teacher is 1.1 higher than the Idaho figure of 18.3.Listed in NCES data as "JEFFERSON COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 11
- Students
- 6,591
- Teachers (FTE)
- 339
- Students per teacher
- 19.4
- ID: 18.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 3850 E 300 N, Rigby, ID 83442
- Phone
- (208)745-6693
- County
- Jefferson County
- Locale
- Town: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1601570
- State district ID
- ID-251
- Total staff (FTE)
- 576
- School counselors (FTE)
- 14.0About 471 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 18.0
Students per teacher compared
This district19.4
Idaho18.3
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (6,287), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $54.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $8.8 million
- State revenue
- $37.5 million
- Local revenue
- $7.8 million
- Total spending
- $47.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $7,583
- Salaries
- $27.7 million58.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $53.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.3%
- State: 69.3%
- Local: 14.3%
Idaho overall
- Federal: 16.2%
- State: 61.5%
- Local: 22.4%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$7,583
Idaho$9,647
United States$16,826
Schools in Jefferson County Joint District
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 6 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cottonwood Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 682 | 22.0 |
| Farnsworth Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 611 | 16.5 |
| Harwood Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 423 | 17.6 |
| Jefferson Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 490 | 17.5 |
| Jefferson High School | High | 9 to 12 | 99 | 14.1 |
| Jefferson School District 251 Early Childhood Center | Prekindergarten | PK | 98 | 24.5 |
| Midway Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 372 | 20.7 |
| Rigby High School | High | 9 to 12 | 2,040 | 23.7 |
| Rigby Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 938 | 18.0 |
| Roberts Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 184 | 15.3 |
| South Fork Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 654 | 21.1 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.