HARWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HARWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the mid-sized elementary schools in RIGBY, Idaho, operated by JEFFERSON COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT, with 423 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Idaho's public schools average about 332 students each, so HARWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 27% bigger than that benchmark.

Within JEFFERSON COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT, which oversees 11 schools and 6,591 students, HARWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, HARWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 77%; the rest comes out to 20% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Jefferson County's rate of about 33%.

Across the wider county, census data for Jefferson County shows the typical household earns roughly $86,679 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,578 students), of which HARWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is JEFFERSON SCHOOL DISTRICT 251 EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HARWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has grew 43%, going from 296 students in 2018 to 423 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

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