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Jefferson County Joint School District 251

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Jefferson County Joint School District 251 is located in east Idaho. Jefferson County Joint School District 251 has 344.10 square miles of land area and 5.22 square miles of water area. As of 2010, the total Jefferson County Joint School District 251 population is 22,316. Jefferson County Joint School District 251 median household income is $53,457 in 2006-2010. Jefferson County Joint School District 251 median house value is $162,700 in 2006-2010. On average, Jefferson County Joint School District 251 is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (86 out of 107, bottom 20%) Elementary/Middle School: (34 out of 108, top 31%)* Rank: #96
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	10
Population	22,316 (2010), rank #20
Population Growth	18.46% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	63.88/sq mi, rank #22
Median Household Income:	$53,457 at 2006-2010—3.63% increase since 2005-2009, rank #11
Median House Price:	$162,700 at 2006-2010—4.36% increase since 2005-2009, rank #34
Time Zone:	Pacific GMT -8:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	344.10 sq mi, rank #65
Water Area:	5.22 sq mi (1.49%), rank #31
State:	Idaho
County:	Madison County, Jefferson County
City:	Menan, Roberts, Idaho Falls, Rigby, Lewisville
Zip:	83434, 83444, 83402, 83442, 83431, 83401
Area:	Rexburg, ID;Idaho Falls, ID

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Jefferson County Joint School District 251 Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

201 Idaho Ave

Rigby ID, 83442, Jefferson County

Phone: 208-745-6693

Students and Teachers

	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	4,715	4,668	4,512
English Language Learner Students:	262	224	202
Total Teachers:	240.25	235.80	225.60
Prekindergarten:	2.00	2.00	1.50
Kindergarten:	10.50	10.00	10.00
Elementary:	121.01	117.60	112.20
Secondary:	106.74	106.20	101.90
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	178.40	172.40	169.30
Instructional Aides:	36.23	34.00	34.20
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	3.00	2.50	2.40
Total Guidance Counselors:	9.50	11.00	10.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	5.50	4.50	4.50
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	4.00	6.50	5.50
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.25	0.90	1.10
Library/Media Support:	3.38	3.00	2.90
District Administrators:	1.00	1.00	1.30
District Administrative Support:	7.21	8.20	6.90
School Administrators:	12.50	13.00	13.00
School Administrative Support:	13.50	13.00	12.90
Student Support Services:	8.10	7.00	7.00
Other Support Services:	82.73	78.80	77.60
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.63	19.80	20.00

Schools

Harwood Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	200 West 3rd North, Rigby ID 83442
Jefferson Alternative High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	529 North 3470 East, Menan ID 83434
Jefferson Alternative Jr High	Grade 7 to Grade 8	529 North 3470 East, Menan ID 83434
Jefferson Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	306 North 3700 East, Rigby ID 83442
Midway Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	623 North 3500 East, Menan ID 83434
Midway Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 7	305 North 3700 East, Rigby ID 83442
Rigby Junior High School	Grade 8 to Grade 9	125 North 1st West St, Rigby ID 83442
Rigby Senior High School	Grade 10 to Grade 12	290 North 3800 East St, Rigby ID 83442
Roberts Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	682 North 2858 East, Roberts ID 83444
South Fork Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	327 North 4100 East, Rigby ID 83442

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ISAT Test
2008	Language Usage	10th Grade	% met std	67.2%	68.8%
2009	Language Usage	10th Grade	% met std	29.1%	40.7%
2010	Language Usage	10th Grade	% met std	69.2%	71.5%
2011	Language Usage	10th Grade	% met std	73.4%	72.6%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	78.2%	76.7%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	30.4%	44%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	80%	76.8%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	85.1%	78.5%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84.6%	85.7%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	18.4%	58.5%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	88.3%	86.4%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	89.6%	87.2%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	47.4%	66.9%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	57.7%	68.6%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	64.3%	67.9%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	73.1%	69.3%
2008	Language Usage	11th Grade	% met std	6.7%	21.8%
2009	Language Usage	11th Grade	% met std	14.5%	26%
2010	Language Usage	11th Grade	% met std	20.7%	31.3%
2011	Language Usage	11th Grade	% met std	25.4%	26.4%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	9.6%	25.2%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	15.2%	23%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	13.2%	31.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	17.4%	28.6%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	26.3%	38.4%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	29.2%	38.4%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	29.6%	40.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	30.4%	37.9%
2008	Language Usage	3rd Grade	% met std	69.3%	70%
2009	Language Usage	3rd Grade	% met std	75.2%	73.3%
2010	Language Usage	3rd Grade	% met std	75.3%	73.1%
2011	Language Usage	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	73.7%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.5%	87.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.4%	86.6%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.1%	87.7%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.7%	88.6%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.6%	82.7%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	86.8%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.3%	88.9%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.7%	89.2%
2008	Language Usage	4th Grade	% met std	76.9%	77.6%
2009	Language Usage	4th Grade	% met std	83.9%	80.4%
2010	Language Usage	4th Grade	% met std	86.1%	81.9%
2011	Language Usage	4th Grade	% met std	82.3%	81.1%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.4%	84.2%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.9%	85.6%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.5%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85%	83.4%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.5%	82.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	86.3%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90%	86.2%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.8%	86.7%
2008	Language Usage	5th Grade	% met std	76.5%	74.2%
2009	Language Usage	5th Grade	% met std	77.2%	77.2%
2010	Language Usage	5th Grade	% met std	80%	77.2%
2011	Language Usage	5th Grade	% met std	86.6%	78.7%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.6%	78%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.1%	77.9%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.3%	79.8%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.9%	80.9%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.1%	84.3%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.8%	86.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90%	88%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.9%	88.1%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	67.2%	60.1%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	66.3%	66.4%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	70.8%	64.9%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	77.4%	67.4%
2008	Language Usage	6th Grade	% met std	72.3%	71.7%
2009	Language Usage	6th Grade	% met std	74.2%	73.7%
2010	Language Usage	6th Grade	% met std	71.5%	75.1%
2011	Language Usage	6th Grade	% met std	78.1%	75.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.8%	77.1%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.5%	78.2%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.5%	79.2%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.2%	77.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.7%	81.6%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.6%	85.7%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.9%	85.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.1%	88.4%
2008	Language Usage	7th Grade	% met std	72.8%	69%
2009	Language Usage	7th Grade	% met std	76.5%	71.3%
2010	Language Usage	7th Grade	% met std	72.3%	73.5%
2011	Language Usage	7th Grade	% met std	72.5%	73.5%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.7%	74.8%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82%	75.2%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.1%	75.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.7%	74.5%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.3%	80.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87%	85.3%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.4%	87.4%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.8%	87.7%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	55.1%	51%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	59.2%	55.8%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	56.1%	53.7%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	57.8%	57.2%
2008	Language Usage	8th Grade	% met std	64.6%	66.6%
2009	Language Usage	8th Grade	% met std	70.9%	71.5%
2010	Language Usage	8th Grade	% met std	70.9%	71.8%
2011	Language Usage	8th Grade	% met std	71.5%	71.2%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.7%	78.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.8%	78.4%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.3%	79.9%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84%	79.5%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.7%	88.4%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.3%	91.4%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.5%	91.3%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.2%	92.6%
2010	Language Usage	9th Grade	% met std	64.7%	63.3%
2011	Language Usage	9th Grade	% met std	67.2%	62.8%
2010	Math	9th Grade	% met std	79.1%	69.9%
2011	Math	9th Grade	% met std	72.8%	69.5%
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	83%	80.8%
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	84.7%	81%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2009			2008			2007
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$33,366,000	$7,148		$30,395,000	$6,736		$26,893,000	$6,282
Federal:	$2,545,000	$545	7.6%	$2,696,000	$598	8.9%	$2,679,000	$626	10.0%
State:	$23,160,000	$4,961	69.4%	$21,982,000	$4,872	72.3%	$20,533,000	$4,796	76.4%
Local:	$7,661,000	$1,641	23.0%	$5,717,000	$1,267	18.8%	$3,681,000	$860	13.7%
Total Expenditures:	$29,713,000	$6,365		$27,655,000	$6,129		$24,297,000	$5,676
Total Current Expenditures:	$26,967,000	$5,777		$25,123,000	$5,568		$23,930,000	$5,590
Instructional Expenditures:	$16,418,000	$3,517	60.9%	$15,365,000	$3,405	61.2%	$14,535,000	$3,395	60.7%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,804,000	$601	10.4%	$2,375,000	$526	9.5%	$2,120,000	$495	8.9%
Administration:	$2,439,000	$522	9.0%	$2,376,000	$527	9.5%	$2,475,000	$578	10.3%
Operations, Food, Other:	$5,306,000	$1,137	19.7%	$5,007,000	$1,110	19.9%	$4,800,000	$1,121	20.1%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,605,000	$344		$2,083,000	$462		$17,000	$4
Construction:	$684,000	$147		$1,070,000	$237		$17,000	$4
Total Other:	$21,000	$4		$15,000	$3		$2,000	$0
Interest on Debt:	$1,120,000	$240		$434,000	$96		$348,000	$81

Total Salary:	$16,365,000	$3,506		$15,266,000	$3,383		$14,357,000	$3,354
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$11,112,000	$2,380	67.9%	$10,486,000	$2,324	68.7%	$9,981,000	$2,331	69.5%
Other Salary:	$5,253,000	$1,125	32.1%	$4,780,000	$1,059	31.3%	$4,376,000	$1,022	30.5%
Total Benefit:	$5,366,000	$1,150		$5,043,000	$1,118		$4,566,000	$1,067
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,740,000	$801	69.7%	$3,532,000	$783	70.0%	$3,200,000	$747	70.1%
Other Benefit:	$1,626,000	$348	30.3%	$1,511,000	$335	30.0%	$1,366,000	$319	29.9%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	87.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	12.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	22.3%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	15.2%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	32.5%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	22.3%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	7.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,336.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$30,213.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$36,075.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$44,002.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$45,687.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$47,220.0

* Jefferson County Joint School District 251 was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.