SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a medium-sized elementary school in TWIN FALLS, Idaho, SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL works with 452 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under TWIN FALLS DISTRICT. That puts it 36% larger than the typical public school in Idaho, which averages around 332 students.

TWIN FALLS DISTRICT comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 9,000 students; SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 19% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Twin Falls County indicate the typical household earns roughly $67,409 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 41 public schools in Twin Falls County (combined enrollment of about 16,273 students).

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

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 522 (now 452). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 84% to 69%.

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