Schools in Gooding, ID

The city of Gooding, Idaho, is served by six schools spanning grades PK-12 with a combined enrollment of 1,497 students across the Gooding Joint District (ranked 54th of 101 Idaho districts), North Valley Academy Inc., and Idaho Bureau Of Educational Services For The Deaf And The Bl. The district includes Gooding Elementary School (484 students), Gooding Middle School (289 students), Gooding High School (384 students), and Gooding Alternative Learning Center (32 students), while North Valley Academy (197 students) and Idaho School For The Deaf And The Blind (111 students) operate independently. Test data is unavailable for Gooding Alternative Learning Center and Idaho School For The Deaf And The Blind due to their specialized populations.

Gooding High School is the city's top performer with a 52nd percentile rank and 3 stars, exceeding state averages in ELA (67% vs. 61.3%) and math (36% vs. 33.1%), though its state percentile has slipped from 70 to 52. Gooding Middle School improved dramatically from the 25th to 44th percentile, with ELA at the state average, but 7th grade math lags badly at 29.7% vs. 43.6% statewide. Gooding Elementary School is the only local school to beat the state in math (44.7% vs. 43.1%), yet its ELA proficiency is well below state at 40.9% vs. 54.0%. North Valley Academy's overall scores trail state averages, but its 8th graders beat state peers across all subjects and it has the city's lowest chronic absenteeism at 10.7%.

Attendance is a major concern at Gooding Alternative Learning Center, where 51.2% of students are chronically absent, and Gooding High School also exceeds the state average at 17.3%; the middle school and North Valley Academy remain below the state rate of 13.8%. Spending per student varies from $6,128 at Gooding Elementary School to $10,197 at Gooding High School, but higher spending does not clearly drive better results. Idaho School For The Deaf And The Blind provides a specialized environment with a 5.4-to-1 student-teacher ratio. Overall, Gooding is a middle-of-the-pack system with no school above 3 stars; strengths lie in high school ELA and elementary math, while elementary ELA and middle school math offer the clearest opportunities for growth.