Regular local school district · Jerome County
Jerome Joint District, ID: schools, enrollment and spending
Jerome Joint District runs 8 public schools with 3,998 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 18.3 students per teacher is about the same as the Idaho figure of 18.3.Listed in NCES data as "JEROME JOINT DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 3,998
- Teachers (FTE)
- 219
- Students per teacher
- 18.3
- ID: 18.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 125 4th Avenue West, Jerome, ID 83338
- Phone
- (208)324-2392
- County
- Jerome County
- Locale
- Town: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1601590
- State district ID
- ID-261
- Total staff (FTE)
- 437
- School counselors (FTE)
- 11.0About 363 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 13.0
Students per teacher compared
This district18.3
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 (4,072), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $39.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $8.0 million
- State revenue
- $25.6 million
- Local revenue
- $6.3 million
- Total spending
- $38.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $9,501
- Salaries
- $18.5 million47.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $34.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 20.0%
- State: 64.1%
- Local: 15.9%
Idaho overall
- Federal: 16.2%
- State: 61.5%
- Local: 22.4%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$9,501
Idaho$9,647
United States$16,826
Schools in Jerome Joint District
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Falls City Academy | High | 6 to 12 | 75 | 12.5 |
| Frontier Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 475 | 19.8 |
| Horizon Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 486 | 18.0 |
| Jefferson Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 421 | 21.1 |
| Jerome Academy | Other | K to 12 | 4 | |
| Jerome High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,140 | 19.3 |
| Jerome Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 937 | 18.0 |
| Summit Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 460 | 19.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Jerome County
- Valley District 499 students
- Heritage Academy Inc. 176 students
More in Idaho
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.