J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a compact K-5 school in MOSCOW, Idaho, J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL educates 139 students from grades 3 through 5, run under MOSCOW DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 58% smaller than the state mean of about 332.

J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 8 schools operated by MOSCOW DISTRICT, a district that serves 2,434 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Other groups include 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 42% of students at J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Latah County (around 30%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Across the wider county, census data for Latah County shows median household income runs about $65,424, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Latah County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,163 students), of which J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: MOSCOW HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a town-based location.

Trend over the last 6 years. J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 23% since 2018, when it stood at 180 (now 139). Over the same period, the White share edged up from 77% to 84%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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