Best Elementary Schools in Idaho

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 301)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
160036000054	141	Hawthorne Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2401 Targee Street	Boise	83705	Ada County	Boise Independent District	No	No	No	Yes	(208) 854-5000	266	18	15.2	63.9%	171 (64.3%)	5 (1.9%)	46 (17.3%)	30 (11.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.3%)	$11,303			$1,281			$10,022	52.1	53.3	116	25
160240000848	142	Nezperce School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	614 2nd Avenue	Nezperce	83543	Lewis County	Nezperce Joint District	No	No	No	Yes	(208) 937-2551	180	17	10.3	32.8%	151 (83.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (9.4%)	$18,121			$1,554			$16,567	51.6			(n/a)
160153000264	143	Longfellow Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2500 South Higbee Avenue	Idaho Falls	83404	Bonneville County	Idaho Falls District	No	No	No	No	(208) 525-7648	598	26	23.4	32.3%	490 (81.9%)	2 (0.3%)	75 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	26 (4.3%)	$5,960			$861			$5,099	51.6	60.3	93	50
160213000812	144	Purple Sage Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	25709 El Paso Road	Caldwell	83607	Canyon County	Middleton District	No	No	No	Yes	(208) 455-1148	497	26	19.1	24.9%	395 (79.5%)	1 (0.2%)	92 (18.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.4%)	$7,504			$853			$6,651	51.4	47.9	135	9
160014000949	145	Xavier Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1218 North College Road West	Twin Falls	83301	Twin Falls County	Xavier Charter School Inc.	Yes	No	No	Yes	(208) 734-3947	672	33	20.3	25.6%	501 (74.6%)	2 (0.3%)	126 (18.8%)	24 (3.6%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	15 (2.2%)	$5,824			$557			$5,266	51.2			(n/a)
160014200809	146	White Pine Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2959 East John Adams Parkway	Ammon	83406	Bonneville County	White Pine Charter School Inc.	Yes	No	No	Yes	(208) 522-4432	561	30	18.8	34.8%	428 (76.3%)	8 (1.4%)	85 (15.2%)	20 (3.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (3.2%)	$5,972			$700			$5,272	50.9			(n/a)
160060000778	147	Birch Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6900 Birch Lane	Nampa	83687	Canyon County	Vallivue School District	No	No	No	Yes	(208) 461-5960	662	33	20	32.8%	443 (66.9%)	7 (1.1%)	170 (25.7%)	9 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (4.8%)	$7,529			$1,066			$6,463	50.2	44.2	148	1
160267000800	148	Mullan Trail Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	300 West Cherry	Post Falls	83854	Kootenai County	Post Falls District	No	No	No	Yes	(208) 457-0772	364	19	19.2	34.6%	322 (88.5%)	2 (0.5%)	20 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	16 (4.4%)	$8,185			$1,097			$7,088	49.9	41.2	158	10
160180000734	149	Garwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	North 17506 Ramsey Road	Rathdrum	83858	Kootenai County	Lakeland District	No	No	No	No	(208) 687-1265	489	27	18.1	26.0%	431 (88.1%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (6.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.7%)	$8,431			$869			$7,562	49.9	47.5	137	12
160210000371	150	Meridian Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1035 Northwest 1st Street	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	Yes	(208) 855-4335	448	30	14.7	66.5%	308 (68.8%)	6 (1.3%)	104 (23.2%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (5.4%)	$7,537			$1,263			$6,274	49.7	44.5	147	3

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on ISAT Math, ISAT Science, ISAT English Language Arts test scores released by the Idaho Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 22, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Idaho Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Idaho Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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