JENIFER MIDDLE SCHOOL

JENIFER MIDDLE SCHOOL, a moderately sized junior high in LEWISTON, Idaho, overseen by LEWISTON INDEPENDENT DISTRICT, works with 561 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

LEWISTON INDEPENDENT DISTRICT comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 4,479 students; JENIFER MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, JENIFER MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. Compared to Nez Perce County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 40% of students at JENIFER MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, Nez Perce County reports that median household income runs about $72,599, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Nez Perce County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,240 students), of which JENIFER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is WHITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 573 students in 2018 compared to 561 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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