RIGBY MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a sizable junior high in RIGBY, Idaho, RIGBY MIDDLE SCHOOL caters to 938 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by JEFFERSON COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT. By comparison, Idaho's public schools average about 507 students each, so RIGBY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 85% above that benchmark.

JEFFERSON COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 6,591 students; RIGBY MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, RIGBY MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (85%) are White. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.1:1, putting RIGBY MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 33% of students at RIGBY MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put median household income runs about $86,679, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 RIGBY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

RIGBY HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 30%: 1,345 students in 2018 compared to 938 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

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