Original Research by School Decision on Georgetown Elementary School
Georgetown Elementary School sits on Stringtown Road in the small Bear River Valley farming community of Georgetown, Idaho, serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as part of the Bear Lake County District. The school is small by any measure, with just a handful of classrooms spanning the early grades. The community around it is rural and agricultural, rooted in Mormon pioneer heritage, with large dairy operations on the outskirts, phosphate mining by Simplot in the canyons above town, and a power station operated by Utah Power and Light in Georgetown Canyon. Local sawmills have closed, though some logging continues. U.S. Route 30 passes through as Main Street, where City Hall and the Georgetown City Building sit in the center of town. The town's footprint is small and linear along the highway, with civic buildings and residential lots surrounded by open agricultural land.
The student body is nearly entirely white. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on individualized education programs and English learner status was not available, so the school's full special-population picture is incomplete from what we have. No Title I status was reported in the data.
State assessment results for the most recent school year were largely suppressed across math, English language arts, and science. In math, third-grade and fifth-grade proficiency rates were suppressed, while fourth-grade had a reported number of test-takers but no published proficiency rate. ELA results followed the same pattern, with all three tested grade levels suppressed. Fifth-grade science was also suppressed. This kind of gap often reflects the small enrollment at a school like Georgetown, where reporting rules suppress results to protect student privacy when few students sit for the test. A parent may want to ask the school or district directly for a clearer picture of how students are performing on the ISAT.
A multi-year ELA series appears in the data with several points, but the change calculation was not computed, and the points all fall within a single school year, so it does not offer a reliable trend read. No comparable trend data was available for math or science.
No information was available on staffing ratios, attendance, discipline, course access, or locale classification. The school's charter and magnet status were reported as not applicable, consistent with its designation as a regular public school. No program offerings or extracurriculars were listed, so a parent would need to contact the school directly to understand what enrichment or support programs exist.
Georgetown's population has declined over the long term, with some stabilization in recent years. No major new housing developments or commercial growth projects surfaced in publicly reported sources. The median property value is modest and the homeownership rate is high. No public library or transit system was found in Georgetown itself; these services likely operate at the broader Bear Lake County level. Georgetown Canyon offers year-round recreation, including fishing, hiking, cross-country skiing, and snowmobiling. The Daughters of the Utah Pioneer Museum occupies the town's first public building, a one-room log structure that originally served as school, church, and recreation center.
The district brief search for Bear Lake County School District levy or referendum activity returned no usable results, so there is no recent information on district-level funding measures or strategic priorities to report. A parent weighing this school would be looking at a small, rural community campus with limited public academic data. The best next step is a direct conversation with the school about academic outcomes, classroom structure, and available support services.
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