Summary:
Osburn, Idaho is served by a single public school—Silver Hills Elementary School—which educates students in grades PK through 6 and enrolls 294 students as part of the Wallace District. Because this is the only school in the city, the analysis focuses entirely on Silver Hills Elementary as a standalone institution, comparing its performance to district and state averages where available.
Silver Hills Elementary stands out as a high-performing school that exceeds Idaho state averages in both Math and English Language Arts on the ISAT. In 2025–2026, all-grade Math proficiency reached 55.8% (state: 43.1%), while ELA proficiency hit 63.0% (state: 54.0%). Early grades are especially strong: 3rd graders posted 66.7% proficiency in both Math and ELA. The school operates with a favorable 14:1 student–teacher ratio, and just over half of students (50.68%) qualify for free or reduced lunch. It is part of a 4-star district ranked 29th out of 101 in Idaho, and the school itself holds a 4-star rating.
The school has shown dramatic improvement over time, climbing from a 44th-percentile ranking and 2-star rating in 2017–2018 to the 72nd percentile and 4 stars in 2024–2025, with a slight easing to the 70th percentile in 2025–2026. However, Math proficiency declines as students progress, dropping from 66.7% in 3rd grade to 47.2% in 6th grade. Science is a relative weakness—5th-grade proficiency was 40% in 2025–2026, below the state's 44%. Chronic absenteeism (15.4%) runs slightly above district (14.8%) and state (13.8%) levels. With no middle or high school in Osburn, students transition to schools outside the city after 6th grade.
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