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What's one thing SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
452
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 332
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TWIN FALLS DISTRICT·NCES 160324000554
SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1771 STADIUM BOULEVARD, TWIN FALLS, ID 83301 · (208) 733-8454 · Twin Falls County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Idaho public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Idaho public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
222 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 46%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 44% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ISAT 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
54.4%
ID avg 53.4%
Math
46.8%
ID avg 43.5%
What this means: On the ISAT, Idaho's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Idaho schools, those numbers are about 53 and 44.
Source: ISAT. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Schools most like SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 452 | 49.1% | N/A |
| PEREGRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MERIDIAN | 483 | 51.1% | N/A |
| KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REXBURG | 391 | 46.3% | N/A |
| LAKE RIDGE ELEMENTARY NAMPA | 541 | 47.1% | N/A |
| CHIEF JOSEPH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS MERIDIAN | 505 | 47.1% | N/A |
| CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY MERIDIAN | 545 | 50.6% | N/A |
Matched among Idaho elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Idaho | In Twin Falls County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #168 of 323 | #8 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #134 of 319 | #4 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #104 of 393 | #5 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #140 of 295 | #8 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.8% | #91 of 296 | #7 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.1% | #144 of 328 | #9 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #116 of 208 | #9 of 12 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
452
-58 (-11%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 677
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 18.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 452 | 26 | 17.4:1 | 49% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 455 | 28 | 16.3:1 | 39% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 490 | 27.8 | 17.6:1 | 41% (199) |
| 2020-21 | 510 | 27 | 18.9:1 | 31% (156) |
| 2017-18 | 522 | 28.5 | 18.3:1 | 44% (229) |
| 2015-16 | 648 | 31 | 20.9:1 | 44% (286) |
| 2010-11 | 552 | 30 | 18.4:1 | 40% (222) |
| 2000-01 | 597 | 29 | 20.6:1 | 23% (136) |
| 1990-91 | 677 | 29 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (522 to 452); teachers down 9% (28.5 to 26).
About SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in TWIN FALLS, Idaho. It educates 452 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 36% above the 332 average for elementary schools in Idaho.
SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 18 schools in TWIN FALLS DISTRICT, which enrolls 9,000 students in total.
At 69%, White students outnumber all other groups at SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL combined. It is also 19% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. Twin Falls County's residents are about 79% White, 10 points above the school's share. By the diversity index, SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 49%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.4:1, with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Idaho average about 18.1:1, a similar figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 49%.
Measured against Idaho public elementary schools, SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Twin Falls County has about 93,734 residents, and median household income is about $67,409, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Federal data list 41 public schools in Twin Falls County, with a combined enrollment of about 16,273.
The nearest other public school, TWIN FALLS HIGH SCHOOL, is about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Federal data place SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 452, 11% below the 510 of 2020-21. Students per teacher fell from 18.9 in 2020-21 to 17.4 in 2024-25.
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Twin Falls County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
93,734
Census ACS
Median income
$67,409
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
16,273 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TWIN FALLS DISTRICT
- CANYON RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,445 students
- TWIN FALLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,381 students
- VERA C O'LEARY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 758 students
- ROBERT STUART MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 690 students
- ROCK CREEK ELEMENTARYElementary · 601 students
- PILLAR FALLS ELEMENTARYElementary · 582 students
Other schools in TWIN FALLS
- CANYON RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,445 students
- TWIN FALLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,381 students
- VERA C O'LEARY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 758 students
- ROBERT STUART MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 690 students
- XAVIER CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 654 students
- ROCK CREEK ELEMENTARYElementary · 601 students
Nearby schools
- TWIN FALLS HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,381
- HARRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 383
- MORNINGSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 404
- BRIDGE ACADEMY1.4 mi · 48
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 327
- MAGIC VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 161
Frequently asked questions
About SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 452 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.4:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 69% White, 19% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SAWTOOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of TWIN FALLS DISTRICT.
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