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Terreton, Idaho - 4 schools
An equity score of 50/100 ranks West Jefferson District #58 of 139 districts in Idaho (state average 48). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,764 per pupil, West Jefferson District ranks #80 of 171 Idaho districts by per-pupil spending (Idaho districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
606
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$10,764
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
West Jefferson District operates 4 public schools serving 606 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Idaho. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Madison County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,764 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 171 Idaho districts by per-pupil spending. See how Idaho compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 32.6% local, 54.5% state, and 12.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 50/100, ranked #58 of 139 in Idaho against a state average of 48, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 204:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 74.3% White, 25.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is West Jefferson Middle School, with a diversity index of 46.1/100.
Its largest campus is Terreton Elementary School, enrolling 296 students (48% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Hamer Elementary School, at 39 students, a 8x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Terreton Elementary School accounts for 47.6% of all West Jefferson District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of West Jefferson District a distant remainder — means West Jefferson District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
West Jefferson District school enrollment varies 7.6× across entities
West Jefferson District school enrollment ranges from 39 students (lowest) to 296 students (highest), a spread of 257 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
West Jefferson District student-counselor ratio is 204:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.