FARNSWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL

FARNSWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus in RIGBY, Idaho, run under JEFFERSON COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT. The school instructs 611 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Idaho's public schools average about 507 students each, so FARNSWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 21% larger than that benchmark.

FARNSWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 11 schools operated by JEFFERSON COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT, a district that enrolls 6,591 students overall.

Demographically, FARNSWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Beyond that, the school records 13% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $86,679 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Jefferson County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,578 students), FARNSWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FARNSWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL.

The school occupies a rural site.

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