Summary:
Wallace, Idaho is served by a single school, Wallace Junior/Senior High School, a combined secondary school covering grades 7 through 12 within the Wallace District. With 195 students and a favorable 10:1 student-to-teacher ratio, the school serves a community where 44.1% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and per-student spending is $12,763.
Wallace Junior/Senior High School outperforms Idaho state averages in all three core ISAT subjects for 2025–2026: English Language Arts (58.8% proficient vs. 54.0% statewide), Science (45.1% vs. 42.7%), and Math (43.7% vs. 43.1%). The school is especially strong in End-of-Course Science (50% vs. 41.2% statewide) and in 7th and 8th grade math, where proficiency exceeds state levels by more than four and seven percentage points, respectively. However, the school trails its own Wallace District in math (43.7% vs. 50.7%) and ELA (58.8% vs. 61.3%). Its statewide ranking has been volatile, moving from the 72nd percentile (2023–2024) to the 34th (2024–2025) and rebounding to the 55th percentile with 3 stars in 2025–2026.
The most notable area of concern is End-of-Course math, where only 33.3% of students are proficient, matching the state average but falling well short of the school's own middle-grade performance. Chronic absenteeism (14.1%) is slightly above the state rate (13.8%) but below the district's 14.8%. The district itself earns 4 stars and ranks in the 71st percentile of Idaho districts, a higher rating than the school's 3-star, 55th-percentile rank. With a graduation rate of 82.5% and solid academic outcomes despite moderate poverty, Wallace Junior/Senior High School is a small rural school with clear strengths in ELA and Science, particularly at the end-of-course level, and shows resilience after rebounding from a difficult prior year.
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