WEST JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL

WEST JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a very small junior high in TERRETON, Idaho, overseen by WEST JEFFERSON DISTRICT. The school enrolls 83 students in grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 84% below the state mean of about 507.

WEST JEFFERSON DISTRICT comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 622 students; WEST JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WEST JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that 64% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 36% Hispanic. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, WEST JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL records 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. The state averages around 17.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Jefferson County's rate of about 33%.

Across the wider county, Jefferson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $86,679 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 WEST JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

TERRETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around WEST JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WEST JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL has declined 7%, going from 89 students in 2018 to 83 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 22% to 36% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.