FIRTH MIDDLE SCHOOL

FIRTH MIDDLE SCHOOL is an intimate middle-grades school in FIRTH, Idaho, part of FIRTH DISTRICT. The school instructs 247 students in grades 5 through 8. That puts it 51% smaller than the typical public school in Idaho, which averages around 507 students.

Across the 3 schools in FIRTH DISTRICT (808 students total), FIRTH MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, FIRTH MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 15% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, FIRTH MIDDLE SCHOOL records 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.1:1 average. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Bingham County) records that the typical household earns roughly $77,878 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Bingham County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,273 students), FIRTH MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is FIRTH HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

FIRTH MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 4%: 256 students in 2018 compared to 247 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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