Best School Districts in Idaho

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Rank (of 77)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
	Aberdeen District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Aberdeen	Bingham County			(n/a)
20^th	Alturas International Academy Inc.	K-5	1	0	0	0	Idaho Falls	Bonneville County	0.648		(n/a)
27^th	Alturas Preparatory Academy Inc	6-12	0	0	1	0	Idaho Falls	Bonneville County	0.601		(n/a)
	American Falls Joint District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	American Falls	Power County			(n/a)
	American Heritage Charter School Inc.	K-12	0	0	0	1	Idaho Falls	Bonneville County			(n/a)
29^th	Anser Of Idaho Inc.	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Garden City	Ada County	0.582		(n/a)
	Arbon Elementary District	K-6	1	0	0	0	Arbon	Power County			(n/a)
	Avery School District	K-8	1	0	0	0	Calder	Shoshone County			(n/a)
36^th	Basin School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Idaho City	Boise County	0.528	43	7
39^th	Bear Lake County District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Paris	Bear Lake County	0.495	29	10
71^st	Blackfoot Charter Community Learning Center Inc.	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Blackfoot	Bingham County	0.144		(n/a)
65^th	Blackfoot District	PK, KG-12	7	2	3	0	Blackfoot	Bingham County	0.28	46	19
41^st	Blaine County District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	1	Hailey	Blaine County	0.47	25	16
	Bliss Joint District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Bliss	Gooding County			(n/a)
37^th	Boise Independent District	PK, KG-12	35	8	8	1	Boise	Ada County	0.497	22	15
40^th	Bonneville Joint District	PK, KG-12	15	3	7	1	Idaho Falls	Bonneville County	0.472	30	10
19^th	Boundary County District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Bonners Ferry	Boundary County	0.65	24	5
	Bruneau-Grand View Joint School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Bruneau	Owyhee County			(n/a)
	Buhl Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Buhl	Twin Falls County			(n/a)
	Butte County Joint District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Arco	Butte County			(n/a)
75^th	Caldwell District	PK, KG-12	6	2	2	1	Caldwell	Canyon County	0.065	54	21
	Camas County District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Fairfield	Camas County			(n/a)
	Cambridge Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Cambridge	Washington County			(n/a)
	Canyon-Owyhee School Service Agency (Cossa)	7-12	0	0	1	0	Wilder	Canyon County			(n/a)
	Cardinal Academy Incorporated	9-12	0	0	1	0	Boise	Ada County			(n/a)
3^rd	Cascade District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Cascade	Valley County	0.906		(n/a)
43^rd	Cassia County Joint District	PK, KG-12	8	2	6	1	Burley	Cassia County	0.462	32	11
	Castleford District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Castleford	Twin Falls County			(n/a)
	Challis Joint District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Challis	Custer County			(n/a)
	Chief Tahgee Elementary Academy Inc.	K-7	1	0	0	0	Fort Hall	Bingham County			(n/a)
	Clark County District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Dubois	Clark County			(n/a)
	Coeur d' Alene Tribal School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Desmet	Benewah County			(n/a)
1^st	Coeur D'Alene Charter Academy Inc.	6-12	0	0	1	0	Coeur D Alene	Kootenai County	0.985		(n/a)
23^rd	Coeur D'Alene District	PK, KG-12	12	3	3	2	Coeur D Alene	Kootenai County	0.625	13	10
	Compass Public Charter School Inc.	K-12	0	0	0	1	Meridian	Ada County			(n/a)
	Cottonwood Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Cottonwood	Idaho County			(n/a)
66^th	Council District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Council	Adams County	0.245	56	10
	Culdesac Joint District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Culdesac	Nez Perce County			(n/a)
	Dietrich District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Dietrich	Lincoln County			(n/a)
54^th	Doral Academy Of Idaho Inc.	K-8	1	0	0	0	Meridian	Ada County	0.375		(n/a)
	Elevate Academy East Idaho LLC		0	0	0	0	Idaho Falls	Bonneville County			(n/a)
	Elevate Academy Inc.	6-12	0	0	1	0	Caldwell	Canyon County			(n/a)
	Elevate Academy Nampa LLC	6-11	0	0	0	1	Nampa	Canyon County			(n/a)
	Elevate Academy North LLC	6-11	0	0	0	1	Post Falls	Kootenai County			(n/a)
47^th	Emmett Independent District	PK, KG-12	5	1	3	0	Emmett	Gem County	0.427	42	5
9^th	Falcon Ridge Public Charter School Inc.	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Kuna	Ada County	0.741		(n/a)
	Fern-Waters Public Charter School Inc.	4-8	0	1	0	0	Salmon	Elmore County			(n/a)
	Filer District	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Filer	Twin Falls County			(n/a)
	Firth District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Firth	Bingham County			(n/a)
49^th	Fremont County Joint District	PK, KG-12	4	1	3	0	Saint Anthony	Fremont County	0.413	47	2
	Fruitland District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Fruitland	Payette County			(n/a)
18^th	Future Public School Inc.	K-6	1	0	0	0	Garden City	Ada County	0.658		(n/a)
	Garden Valley District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Garden Valley	Boise County			(n/a)
	Gem Prep: Meridian LLC	K-12	0	0	0	1	Meridian	Ada County			(n/a)
	Gem Prep: Meridian North LLC	K-10	0	0	0	1	Meridian	Ada County			(n/a)
6^th	Gem Prep: Meridian South LLC	K-8	1	0	0	0	Meridian	Ada County	0.797		(n/a)
	Gem Prep: Nampa LLC	K-12	0	0	0	1	Nampa	Canyon County			(n/a)
	Gem Prep: Online LLC	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Meridian	Ada County			(n/a)
	Gem Prep: Pocatello LLC	K-12	0	0	0	1	Chubbuck	Bannock County			(n/a)
	Gem Prep: Twin Falls LLC	K-5	1	0	0	0	Twin Falls	Twin Falls County			(n/a)
	Genesee Joint District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Genesee	Latah County			(n/a)
	Glenns Ferry Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Glenns Ferry	Elmore County			(n/a)
64^th	Gooding Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Gooding	Gooding County	0.281	27	37
7^th	Grace Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Grace	Caribou County	0.792	4	3
	Hagerman Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Hagerman	Gooding County			(n/a)
31^st	Hansen District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hansen	Twin Falls County	0.566	31
48^th	Hayden Canyon Charter School Inc.	K-8	1	0	0	0	Hayden	Kootenai County	0.418		(n/a)
74^th	Heritage Academy Inc.	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Jerome	Jerome County	0.069		(n/a)
76^th	Heritage Community Charter School Inc.	K-8	1	0	0	0	Caldwell	Canyon County	0.056		(n/a)
	Highland Joint District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Craigmont	Lewis County			(n/a)
	Homedale Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Homedale	Owyhee County			(n/a)
	Horseshoe Bend School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Horseshoe Bend	Boise County			(n/a)
	Idaho Arts Charter School Inc.	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Nampa	Canyon County			(n/a)
	Idaho Bureau Of Educational Services For The Deaf And The Bl	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Gooding	Gooding County			(n/a)
26^th	Idaho College And Career Readiness Academy Inc.	9-12	0	0	1	0	Meridian	Ada County	0.604		(n/a)
	Idaho Department Of Corrections	9-12	0	0	1	0	Boise	Ada County			(n/a)
	Idaho Department Of Juvenile Corrections	6-12	0	0	3	0	Boise	Ada County			(n/a)
52^nd	Idaho Falls District	PK, KG-12	13	2	5	2	Idaho Falls	Bonneville County	0.385	40	12
	Idaho Novus Classical Academy LLC		0	0	0	0	Boise	Ada County			(n/a)
	Idaho Science And Technology Charter School Inc.	K-9	0	0	0	1	Blackfoot	Bingham County			(n/a)
	Idaho Stem Academy Inc.	9-12	0	0	1	0	Blackfoot	Bingham County			(n/a)
62^nd	Idaho Virtual Academy Inc.	K-12	0	0	1	1	Meridian	Ada County	0.302		(n/a)
	Idaho Virtual Education Partners Inc.	6-12	0	0	2	0	Boise	Ada County			(n/a)
	Idaho Virtual High School Inc.	K-12	1	0	3	0	Mountain Home	Elmore County			(n/a)
	Inspire Academics Inc.	K-12	0	0	1	1	Boise	Ada County			(n/a)
	Island Park Charter School Inc.	K-4	1	0	0	0	Island Park	Fremont County			(n/a)
	Isucceed Virtual High School Inc.	7-12	0	0	2	0	Boise	Ada County			(n/a)
35^th	Jefferson County Joint District	PK, KG-12	8	2	2	0	Rigby	Jefferson County	0.537	19	16
70^th	Jerome Joint District	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	1	Jerome	Jerome County	0.174	53	17
10^th	Joint School District No. 2	PK, KG-12	34	11	15	1	Meridian	Ada County	0.739	6	4
	Kamiah Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Kamiah	Lewis County			(n/a)
	Kellogg Joint District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Kellogg	Shoshone County			(n/a)
33^rd	Kendrick Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Kendrick	Latah County	0.553	18	15
30^th	Kimberly District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	1	Kimberly	Twin Falls County	0.579	33	3
	Kootenai Classical Academy Inc	K-8	1	0	0	0	Post Falls	Kootenai County			(n/a)
8^th	Kootenai District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Harrison	Kootenai County	0.78		(n/a)
	KTEC - Kootenai Technical Educational Campus	9-12	0	0	1	0	Rathdrum	Kootenai County			(n/a)
42^nd	Kuna Joint District	PK, KG-12	6	2	3	0	Kuna	Ada County	0.465	38	4
15^th	Lake Pend Oreille School District	PK, KG-12	8	1	4	0	Ponderay	Bonner County	0.688	8	7
21^st	Lakeland District	PK, KG-12	7	2	3	0	Rathdrum	Kootenai County	0.644	14	7
73^rd	Lapwai District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lapwai	Nez Perce County	0.112	55	18
2^nd	Legacy Public Charter School Inc.	K-8	1	0	0	0	Nampa	Canyon County	0.963		(n/a)
17^th	Lewiston Independent District	PK, KG-12	7	2	3	1	Lewiston	Nez Perce County	0.658	23	6
	Liberty Charter School Inc.	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Nampa	Canyon County			(n/a)
	Mackay Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Mackay	Custer County			(n/a)
58^th	Madison District	PK, KG-12	8	2	2	0	Rexburg	Madison County	0.335	34	24
56^th	Marsh Valley Joint District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Arimo	Bannock County	0.369	15	41
25^th	Marsing Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Marsing	Owyhee County	0.612	11	14
	McCall Community School Inc	K-8	1	0	0	0	Donnelly	Valley County			(n/a)
12^th	McCall-Donnelly Joint School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	McCall	Valley County	0.717	3	9
	Meadows Valley District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	New Meadows	Adams County			(n/a)
24^th	Melba Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Melba	Canyon County	0.623	16	8
14^th	Middleton District	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Middleton	Canyon County	0.695	10	4
	Midvale District	PK, KG-12	0	0	1	1	Midvale	Washington County			(n/a)
72^nd	Minidoka County Joint District	PK, KG-12	5	3	2	1	Rupert	Minidoka County	0.143	49	23
63^rd	Monticello Montessori Charter School Inc.	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Ammon	Bonneville County	0.301		(n/a)
55^th	Mosaics Public School Inc.	K-7	1	0	0	0	Caldwell	Canyon County	0.371		(n/a)
4^th	Moscow District	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Moscow	Latah County	0.876	5	1
	Mountain Home District	PK, KG-12	4	3	2	0	Mountain Home	Elmore County			(n/a)
	Mountain View School District	PK, KG-12	3	0	2	0	Grangeville	Idaho County			(n/a)
	Mullan District	K-12	0	0	0	1	Mullan	Shoshone County			(n/a)
	Murtaugh Joint District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Murtaugh	Twin Falls County			(n/a)
69^th	Nampa School District	PK, KG-12	15	4	6	1	Nampa	Canyon County	0.195	50	19
34^th	New Plymouth District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	New Plymouth	Payette County	0.55	17	17
	Nezperce Joint District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Nezperce	Lewis County			(n/a)
	North Gem District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Bancroft	Caribou County			(n/a)
	North Idaho Stem Charter Academy Inc.	K-12	0	0	0	1	Rathdrum	Kootenai County			(n/a)
	North Star Charter School Inc.	K-12	0	0	0	1	Eagle	Ada County			(n/a)
	North Valley Academy Inc.	K-12	0	0	0	1	Gooding	Gooding County			(n/a)
60^th	Notus District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Caldwell	Canyon County	0.314	44	16
50^th	Oneida County District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	1	Malad City	Oneida County	0.404	39	11
	Orofino Joint District	PK, KG-12	4	0	4	0	Orofino	Clearwater County			(n/a)
5^th	Palouse Prairie Educational Organization Inc.	K-8	1	0	0	0	Moscow	Latah County	0.814		(n/a)
	Parma District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Parma	Canyon County			(n/a)
68^th	Pathways In Education - Nampa Inc.	9-12	0	0	1	0	Nampa	Canyon County	0.208		(n/a)
	Payette Joint District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Payette	Payette County			(n/a)
77^th	Peace Valley Charter School Inc.	K-8	1	0	0	0	Boise	Ada County	0.038		(n/a)
44^th	Pinecrest Academy Of Idaho Inc.	K-8	1	0	0	0	Twin Falls	Twin Falls County	0.461		(n/a)
	Pinecrest Academy Of Lewiston Inc	K-5	1	0	0	0	Lewiston	Nez Perce County			(n/a)
	Pleasant Valley Elementary District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Jordan Valley	Malheur County			(n/a)
	Plummer-Worley Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Plummer	Benewah County			(n/a)
32^nd	Pocatello District	PK, KG-12	14	4	5	1	Pocatello	Bannock County	0.562	12	20
28^th	Post Falls District	PK, KG-12	8	2	2	0	Post Falls	Kootenai County	0.593	20	8
57^th	Potlatch District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Potlatch	Latah County	0.346	52	5
	Prairie Elementary District	K-8	1	0	0	0	Prairie	Elmore County			(n/a)
	Preston Joint District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Preston	Franklin County			(n/a)
	Project Impact Stem Academy Inc.	K-12	0	0	0	1	Meridian	Ada County			(n/a)
	Promise Academy Inc	6-12	0	0	1	0	Caldwell	Canyon County			(n/a)
	Richfield District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Richfield	Lincoln County			(n/a)
22^nd	Ririe Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Ririe	Jefferson County	0.63	35	13
	Rockland District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Rockland	Power County			(n/a)
38^th	Rolling Hills Public Charter School Inc.	K-8	1	0	0	0	Boise	Ada County	0.495		(n/a)
	Sage International School Middleton LLC	K-10	0	0	0	1	Middleton	Canyon County			(n/a)
	Salmon District	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	1	Salmon	Lemhi County			(n/a)
	Salmon River Joint School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Riggins	Idaho County			(n/a)
45^th	Sandpoint Charter School Inc.	6-12	0	0	1	0	Sandpoint	Bonner County	0.455		(n/a)
	Shelley Joint District	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Shelley	Bingham County			(n/a)
	Shoshone Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Shoshone	Lincoln County			(n/a)
	Shoshone-Bannock School	6-12	0	0	1	0	Pocatello	Bannock County			(n/a)
	Snake River District	PK, KG-12	4	2	3	0	Blackfoot	Bingham County			(n/a)
	Soda Springs Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Soda Springs	Caribou County			(n/a)
	South Lemhi District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Leadore	Lemhi County			(n/a)
	St Maries Joint District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Saint Maries	Benewah County			(n/a)
	Sugar-Salem Joint District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Sugar City	Madison County			(n/a)
	Swan Valley Elementary District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Irwin	Bonneville County			(n/a)
	Syringa Mountain School Inc.	K-8	1	0	0	0	Hailey	Blaine County			(n/a)
	Taylor's Crossing Public Charter School Inc.	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Idaho Falls	Bonneville County			(n/a)
	Teton County District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Driggs	Teton County			(n/a)
13^th	The Academy Inc.	K-8	1	1	0	0	Chubbuck	Bannock County	0.71		(n/a)
67^th	The Kootenai Bridge Academy Inc.	9-12	0	0	1	0	Coeur D Alene	Kootenai County	0.233		(n/a)
53^rd	The Pocatello Community Charter School Inc.	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Pocatello	Bannock County	0.377		(n/a)
	The Sage International School Of Boise A Public Charter Sch	K-12	0	0	0	1	Boise	Ada County			(n/a)
	The Village Charter School Inc.	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Meridian	Ada County			(n/a)
	Thomas Jefferson Charter School Inc.	K-12	0	0	0	1	Caldwell	Canyon County			(n/a)
	Three Creek Joint Elementary District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Rogerson	Twin Falls County			(n/a)
	Treasure Valley Classical Academy Inc.	K-10	0	0	0	1	Fruitland	Payette County			(n/a)
	Troy School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Troy	Latah County			(n/a)
61^st	Twin Falls District	PK, KG-12	9	4	3	2	Twin Falls	Twin Falls County	0.314	36	25
	Upper Carmen Public Charter School Inc.	K-3	1	0	0	0	Carmen	Lemhi County			(n/a)
	Valley District	PK, KG-12	0	0	1	1	Hazelton	Jerome County			(n/a)
46^th	Vallivue School District	PK, KG-12	7	3	3	0	Caldwell	Canyon County	0.437	26	20
	Victory Charter School Inc.	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Nampa	Canyon County			(n/a)
	Vision Charter School Inc.	K-12	0	0	0	1	Caldwell	Canyon County			(n/a)
11^th	Wallace District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Silverton	Shoshone County	0.723	7	4
59^th	Weiser District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Weiser	Washington County	0.32		(n/a)
51^st	Wendell District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Wendell	Gooding County	0.392	51
	West Bonner County District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Priest River	Bonner County			(n/a)
	West Jefferson District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Terreton	Jefferson County			(n/a)
16^th	West Side Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Dayton	Franklin County	0.671		(n/a)
	White Pine Charter School Inc.	K-12	0	0	0	1	Ammon	Bonneville County			(n/a)
	Whitepine Joint School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Deary	Latah County			(n/a)
	Wilder District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	1	Wilder	Canyon County			(n/a)
	Xavier Charter School Inc.	K-12	0	0	0	1	Twin Falls	Twin Falls County			(n/a)

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