📍 200 10th Avenue West, Jerome, Jerome County, 83338
Summit Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Jerome, Jerome County. The school has 634 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jerome Joint District school district. It serves grades 2–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.1:1. 33% of students are proficient in reading. 26% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Summit Elementary enrolls 634 students across grades 2–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% Hispanic or Latino, 41% White and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 364 | 57% |
| White | 260 | 41% |
| Two or more races | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
370 of the school's 634 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 295 qualify for free lunch and 75 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Summit Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district ID-20, state senate district 25, state house district 25.
Summit Elementary is one of 7 schools in JEROME JOINT DISTRICT, based in JEROME, Idaho. The district serves 3,998 students district-wide and employs 225 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 634 students, Summit Elementary is close to the district average of about 571 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe