Summary:
Ririe, Idaho is served by two public schools—Ririe Elementary School (PK–6, 365 students) and Ririe Junior/Senior High School (7–12, 354 students)—which together make up the Ririe Joint District and educate roughly 719 students in this small eastern Idaho community. Both schools currently hold a 2-star rating, and the district ranks 53rd out of 101 Idaho districts, placing it at the 48th percentile.
The two schools present a tale of split academic identities. Ririe Elementary School excels in mathematics, with an all-grades proficiency rate of 53.1%—10 points above the state average—and a standout 3rd-grade math proficiency of 67.3%. However, its ELA proficiency of 49% trails the state's 54%. Ririe Junior/Senior High School shows the opposite pattern: ELA proficiency of 58.9% exceeds the state, but math proficiency sits at just 31.1%, with end-of-course math proficiency down at 21%. This means the elementary school's strong math foundation appears to erode significantly by the time students reach secondary grades.
Attendance and graduation paint a mixed picture. The high school boasts a remarkably low chronic absenteeism rate of 2.1%—far below the state's 13.8%—yet its graduation rate of 82.5% exactly matches the state average. The elementary school's absenteeism rate of 7.0% is higher than the district's 4.5% and may be a factor in its lagging ELA scores. Both schools have seen their state rankings slip over the past three years: the elementary school dropped from the 68th to the 49th percentile, while the high school fell from the 57th to the 33rd percentile. With similar socioeconomic demographics (roughly 25–28% free/reduced lunch eligibility), nearly identical spending per student, and comparable class sizes, these outcome differences point to instructional emphasis as the key differentiator rather than resources.
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