NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools ID

Best-Resourced Schools in Jerome, ID

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8 public K-12 schools in Jerome from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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8
Schools
3,699
Students
40.5/100
Avg Resource Index
14.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Jerome has more public-school enrollment than 40% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Jerome sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Jerome's 8 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Jerome lists only 8 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 4 to 1,140 students, a 285-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 60%
School count
Top 54%
Resource Index average
48th percentile
Teacher staffing
66th percentile

Jerome High School accounts for 30.8% of all Jerome public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Jerome-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Jerome school enrollment varies 285× across entities

Jerome school enrollment ranges from 4 students (lowest) to 1,140 students (highest), a spread of 1,136 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Jerome student-teacher ratio is 14.1:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Jerome is typically wider than the Jerome-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Jerome's 8 listed schools are charters

13% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Jerome Academy 70
2. Falls City Academy 60
3. Summit Elementary 39
4. Heritage Academy 39
5. Jerome Middle School 34
6. Jefferson Elementary School 30
7. Jerome High School 26
8. Horizon Elementary School 26

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Jerome

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Heritage Academy 59.7/100
  2. 2 Jerome High School 50.8/100
  3. 3 Horizon Elementary School 49.7/100
  4. 4 Jerome Middle School 49.2/100
  5. 5 Jefferson Elementary School 46.9/100

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Which Jerome school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Jerome Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Jerome schools in this federal-data comparison at 70/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Jerome, ID? ▼

Jerome has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,699 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.