ASHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ASHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a compact elementary-level community in ASHTON, Idaho, run under FREMONT COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT, serves 228 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 31% below the state mean of about 332.

Within FREMONT COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT, which oversees 8 schools and 2,179 students, ASHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ASHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (80%) are White; the rest breaks down as 17% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Fremont County put median household earnings sit near $72,683, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. ASHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 10 public schools in Fremont County (combined enrollment of about 2,207 students).

Nearest neighbor: NORTH FREMONT JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.8 miles off.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ASHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 15%, going from 269 students in 2018 to 228 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 86% to 80% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

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