Enrollment
208
Idaho · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Richfield, ID
Richfield School
Federal NCES profile for Richfield School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 44/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 160276000497
👥 S:T ratio 44
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 58
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Richfield School earns 44/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 74% of Idaho schools.
- 44
- Resource Index · Typical
- 13.9:1
- small classes for Idaho
- 54.6%
- free-lunch eligible
- 208
- students enrolled
Richfield School has class sizes smaller than 74% of Idaho schools. Computed live against every Idaho school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Richfield District · Idaho
NCES ID 160276000497 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
15.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
13.9:1
vs 17.1:1 Idaho avg
-19% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
54.6%
vs 29.3% Idaho avg
+86% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Richfield School compares with Idaho and U.S. medians
What stands out at Richfield School
Scale and staffing sit near the state mainstream
Richfield School is neither an extreme outlier in enrollment nor in student-teacher ratio among Idaho schools. Its profile therefore turns on the other dimensions rather than on scale alone: economic need, counselor coverage, program access, attendance, and district finance. This middle placement is useful because it prevents the campus from being mislabeled as unusually large, small, crowded, or teacher-dense when the federal comparison does not support that claim.
Need and resources require a component-level read
Richfield School falls within the wide middle of the Idaho distribution on both free-meal eligibility and the Resource Investment Index. Neither measure supplies an honest headline by itself. The useful distinctions are in the components: classroom staffing, counselor availability, attendance, gifted-program access, and district spending. Those fields can pull in opposite directions even when the overall percentile looks ordinary.
A combined-grade campus has a different support burden
Richfield School serves a combined grade span rather than a conventional elementary, middle, or high-school band. That structure can require the same campus to cover transitions, counseling needs, and programs for students at substantially different developmental stages, so a single staffing ratio deserves more caution than it would at a narrower-grade school. Federal totals show the available people and programs, but not how those resources are divided among grade levels.
Richfield School is a higher-need, mid-sized combined-grade school in Richfield, Idaho, enrolling 208 students.
Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 13.9:1 puts it in the smaller third of Idaho schools by student-teacher ratio.
Economic need is high: 54.6% of students qualify for free meals, 86% above the Idaho average, a Title I-weighted population that federal funding formulas prioritise.
Enrollment of 208 puts it in the smaller third of Idaho schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 775 scored Idaho schools.
Against 23 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks mid-pack at #17.
Its student body is led by White (71%) and Hispanic or Latino (27%) (diversity index 42/100).
Counselor coverage is strong, about 208 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
Its district draws 18.6% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.
Richfield District operates only this one school, so Richfield School has no district-mates to compare against locally.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Richfield School compares
Richfield School on the metrics families compare, against Idaho and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Idaho | Idaho avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 13.9:1 | ▼ 19% | 17.1:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 54.6% | ▲ 86% | 29.3% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 208 | top 68% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
13.9:1
Leaner classes than 58% of US schools, a middle-of-the-pack class size.
208
Bigger than 20% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
54.6%
free-lunch eligible
- 86% above the Idaho average of 29.3%
Well above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold, among the highest-need profiles in the state; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Staffing depth
13.9:1
students per teacher
- 19% below state mean
Top 26% in Idaho - lower ratio than 74% of state schools
Close to the 15:1 benchmark most often cited for individualized attention.
Funding equity
$14,061
per pupil, district-wide
- above Idaho avg of $12,445
Well below the U.S. average per-pupil spend, a notably leaner funding position that may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 208 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
3
in-school suspensions + 3 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 1.4 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 2.9 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
White 71.2%
Hispanic or Latino 26.9%
Two or More 1.9%
Largest group: White at 71.2% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 42.0/100
Simpson diversity index - at 42.0, Richfield School is more mixed than the Idaho school average of 36.3.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Richfield District, which includes Richfield School.
$14,061
Per student
+13%
vs Idaho
Avg $12,445
-20%
vs U.S.
Avg $17,658
Revenue mix
Local 17.5%
State 63.8%
Federal 18.6%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2022-23 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar other schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Idaho, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~208 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~13.9:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Richfield School
How many students attend Richfield School?
Richfield School has 208 students enrolled. It is a public school in Richfield, ID.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Richfield School?
The student-teacher ratio at Richfield School is 13.9:1, which is 19% lower than the Idaho average of 17.1:1 and 11% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Richfield School?
54.6% of students at Richfield School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Idaho average of 29.3%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Richfield School?
The largest demographic group at Richfield School is White at 71.2% of enrollment, in Richfield, ID.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Richfield School?
Richfield School has a Resource Investment Index of 44/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
What other schools are in Richfield District?
None reported; Richfield District operates only Richfield School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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