JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 200 SOUTH LATAH STREET, in BOISE, Idaho, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school that caters to 228 students (grades pre-K through 6), part of BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 31% smaller than the state mean of about 332.

Within BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT, which oversees 52 schools and 22,134 students, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 21% Hispanic, 15% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Ada County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Ada County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Ada County) records that the typical household earns roughly $91,502 per year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 156 public schools in Ada County (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students).

MONROE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has contracted 20%, going from 284 students in 2018 to 228 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 10% to 21%.

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