SOUTH FORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SOUTH FORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of large scale in RIGBY, Idaho, one of the schools within JEFFERSON COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT, instructing 654 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 97% bigger than the typical public school in Idaho, which averages around 332 students.

JEFFERSON COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 6,591 students. SOUTH FORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, SOUTH FORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (87%) are White; the rest breaks down as 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. Compared to Jefferson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, SOUTH FORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting SOUTH FORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate median household earnings sit near $86,679, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Jefferson County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,578 students), SOUTH FORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

HARWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 12%: 744 students in 2018 compared to 654 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 87% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.6:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 today.

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