Summary:
North Valley Academy is an alternative public charter school located in Gooding, Idaho, serving students from kindergarten through 12th grade with a total enrollment of 191 students as of the 2022-2023 school year.
While North Valley Academy has seen a significant decline in its four-year graduation rates, dropping from 100% in 2018-2019 to 57.1% in 2022-2023, the school also faces challenges with increasing chronic absenteeism, rising from 15% in 2020-2021 to 29.6% in 2022-2023. Academically, the school's performance, as measured by ISAT proficiency rates, is significantly lower than the state averages across all subjects, with its Math proficiency rate at 22.9% compared to the state average of 42.2%. Additionally, North Valley Academy has a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 48.69% to 55.44% over the past three school years, suggesting a higher proportion of students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
When compared to the nearby Bliss School and Hagerman School, North Valley Academy stands out with lower four-year graduation rates, lower ISAT proficiency rates, and higher chronic absenteeism rates. Furthermore, North Valley Academy's spending per student for the 2018-2019 school year was $9,994, which is lower than the spending per student at Bliss School ($13,899) and Hagerman School ($11,433), and the school has a relatively high student-teacher ratio, ranging from 12.7 to 14.2 over the past three school years, compared to Bliss School (10.4) and Hagerman School (14.0).
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Detail:
Public, Charter, Alternative K-12
District:
North Valley Academy Inc.
SchoolDigger Rank:
260th of 301 Idaho Alternative Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $9,994
Student/teacher ratio: 12.7
Number of students: 191
Racial breakdown:
White:
69.1%
Hispanic:
24.1%
American Indian:
2.6%
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Pacific Islander:
1.6%
African American:
1.0%
Asian:
1.0%
Two or more races:
0.5%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 48.7%
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