A W JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

A W JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary campus in FIRTH, Idaho, operated by FIRTH DISTRICT. The school enrolls 256 students in grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 332 students per school, that is 23% smaller than typical.

FIRTH DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 808 students. A W JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, A W JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 14% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. Roughly 49% of students at A W JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Bingham County put median household income runs about $77,878, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. A W JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 37 public schools in Bingham County (combined enrollment of about 12,273 students).

FIRTH HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 14%: 299 students in 2018 compared to 256 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 10% to 14%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

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