Best Cities in Idaho for Schools

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the test scores by the Idaho Department of Education. The most recent update was on Tuesday, August 26, 2025.

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Rank (of 100)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
1^st	Hidden Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.947	2	1
2^nd	Dalton Gardens	1	0	0	1	1	0.902	3	1
3^rd	Hayden Lake	2	0	0	0	0	0.896	4	1
4^th	Mountain Home Afb	1	0	0	0	0	0.887		(n/a)
5^th	Troy	1	0	1	0	0	0.878		(n/a)
6^th	Cocolalla	1	0	0	0	0	0.866	15	9
7^th	Eagle	4	1	2	2	5	0.84	6	1
8^th	Dayton	1	1	1	0	0	0.816	24	16
9^th	Cottonwood	1	0	1	0	2	0.808		(n/a)
10^th	Rathdrum	5	1	3	1	3	0.768	7	3
11^th	Moscow	6	1	2	0	4	0.767	5	6
12^th	Star	1	1	0	0	1	0.763	8	4
13^th	Ketchum	1	0	0	0	1	0.736	20	7
14^th	Orofino	1	0	1	0	0	0.733	54	40
15^th	Georgetown	1	0	0	0	0	0.727		(n/a)
16^th	Osburn	1	0	0	0	0	0.721		(n/a)
17^th	Meridian	20	7	15	7	8	0.721	14	3
18^th	Coeur D Alene	8	3	5	2	9	0.678	30	12
19^th	Grace	1	0	1	0	0	0.667	9	10
20^th	Athol	1	0	0	0	0	0.665	60	40
21^st	Harrison	1	0	1	0	0	0.66	10	11
22^nd	Sandpoint	4	1	4	1	5	0.648	19	3
23^rd	Oakley	1	0	1	0	0	0.624	11	12
24^th	Chubbuck	3	1	0	1	0	0.619	16	8
25^th	Cataldo	1	0	0	0	0	0.614		(n/a)
26^th	Cascade	1	0	1	0	1	0.608	1	25
27^th	Bonners Ferry	2	1	1	0	5	0.605	27
28^th	Inkom	1	0	0	0	0	0.596	25	3
29^th	Garden City	3	0	0	0	0	0.596	32	3
30^th	Lewiston	8	2	4	1	6	0.593	26	4
31^st	Parma	1	1	1	0	0	0.583	38	7
32^nd	Fairfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.566		(n/a)
33^rd	Iona	1	0	0	0	0	0.561	48	15
34^th	Kamiah	1	1	1	0	1	0.56		(n/a)
35^th	Boise	49	12	16	5	28	0.555	41	6
36^th	Rigby	6	2	1	0	0	0.544	35	1
37^th	Ririe	1	0	1	0	0	0.542	28	9
38^th	New Plymouth	1	1	1	0	0	0.531	40	2
39^th	Kootenai	1	0	0	0	0	0.528	49	10
40^th	Challis	1	0	1	0	0	0.527		(n/a)
41^st	Wallace	0	0	1	0	0	0.525	17	24
42^nd	Juliaetta	1	0	0	0	0	0.519		(n/a)
43^rd	Grangeville	1	0	1	0	1	0.519	65	22
44^th	Arco	1	0	1	0	0	0.518	44
45^th	Declo	1	1	1	0	0	0.513	21	24
46^th	Rexburg	8	2	2	0	1	0.501	72	26
47^th	Idaho City	1	0	1	0	0	0.489	42	5
48^th	Pocatello	15	4	6	1	4	0.479	43	5
49^th	Salmon	1	1	2	1	1	0.466		(n/a)
50^th	Ashton	1	0	1	0	0	0.465	69	19
51^st	Post Falls	9	2	2	1	6	0.463	33	18
52^nd	McCammon	1	0	0	0	0	0.46	58	6
53^rd	Mackay	1	0	1	0	0	0.456		(n/a)
54^th	Kuna	6	2	2	0	1	0.45	50	4
55^th	Saint Anthony	3	1	3	0	0	0.448	52	3
56^th	Fruitland	1	1	2	1	0	0.445	46	10
57^th	Twin Falls	12	4	4	3	5	0.434	63	6
58^th	Caldwell	13	5	7	4	4	0.427	64	6
59^th	Idaho Falls	23	5	13	5	6	0.426	47	12
60^th	Marsing	1	1	1	0	1	0.425	31	29
61^st	Ammon	6	0	1	1	2	0.42	45	16
62^nd	Saint Maries	1	1	2	0	0	0.419		(n/a)
63^rd	Kimberly	3	1	1	1	0	0.417	34	29
64^th	Nampa	20	4	10	8	11	0.415	62	2
65^th	Kendrick	0	0	1	0	0	0.391	39	26
66^th	Malad City	1	1	1	1	0	0.39	59	7
67^th	Hayden	2	0	0	0	3	0.383	56	11
68^th	Riggins	1	0	1	0	0	0.38		(n/a)
69^th	Potlatch	1	0	1	0	0	0.377	70	1
70^th	Firth	1	1	1	0	0	0.358		(n/a)
71^st	Sagle	1	0	0	0	0	0.338	75	4
72^nd	Homedale	1	1	1	0	0	0.323		(n/a)
73^rd	Bruneau	1	0	1	0	0	0.306	53	20
74^th	Bellevue	1	0	0	0	0	0.297		(n/a)
75^th	Pinehurst	1	0	0	0	0	0.282		(n/a)
76^th	Gooding	1	1	2	2	0	0.274	83	7
77^th	Melba	1	0	1	0	0	0.267	29	48
78^th	Aberdeen	1	1	1	0	0	0.25		(n/a)
79^th	Buhl	1	1	2	0	3	0.243	77	2
80^th	Blackfoot	11	4	7	1	1	0.237	79	1
81^st	Mountain Home	4	2	5	0	5	0.23	71	10
82^nd	Shoshone	1	1	2	0	0	0.225		(n/a)
83^rd	Arimo	0	1	1	0	0	0.211	84	1
84^th	Kooskia	1	0	1	0	0	0.205	57	27
85^th	Menan	1	0	1	0	0	0.205	81	4
86^th	Hailey	3	1	2	0	1	0.201	68	18
87^th	Paul	1	1	0	0	0	0.199	89	2
88^th	Hansen	1	0	1	0	0	0.195	37	51
89^th	Weiser	2	1	2	0	1	0.191	76	13
90^th	Paris	2	0	0	0	0	0.19	86	4
91^st	Burley	4	1	3	1	0	0.182	78	13
92^nd	Terreton	1	1	1	0	0	0.162		(n/a)
93^rd	Lapwai	1	0	1	0	0	0.148	90	3
94^th	Glenns Ferry	1	1	1	0	0	0.144		(n/a)
95^th	Heyburn	1	0	1	0	0	0.119	91	4
96^th	Rupert	3	1	1	1	1	0.1	85	11
97^th	Jerome	4	1	2	1	1	0.092	87	10
98^th	Council	1	0	1	0	0	0.066	82	16
99^th	Kellogg	1	1	1	0	1	0.06		(n/a)
100^th	Wendell	1	1	1	0	0	0.043	61	39

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* Private schools are not used in determining city rank.
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the Idaho Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 26, 2025, 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.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Idaho Department of Education.