Best Cities in Idaho for Schools

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Rank (of 105)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2026)	Rank (2025)	Rank change from 2025
1^st	Dalton Gardens	1	0	0	1	1	0.969	2	1
2^nd	Hidden Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.946	1	1
3^rd	Eagle	5	1	2	1	5	0.92	7	4
4^th	Hayden Lake	2	0	0	0	0	0.884	3	1
5^th	McCall	1	1	2	1	2	0.876		(n/a)
6^th	Donnelly	2	0	0	0	0	0.863		(n/a)
7^th	Dayton	1	1	1	0	0	0.857	8	1
8^th	Troy	1	0	1	0	0	0.843	5	3
9^th	Cottonwood	1	0	1	0	2	0.828	9
10^th	Cocolalla	1	0	0	0	0	0.826	6	4
11^th	Weippe	1	0	1	0	0	0.785		(n/a)
12^th	Moscow	5	1	2	0	5	0.781	11	1
13^th	Inkom	1	0	0	0	0	0.746	28	15
14^th	McCammon	1	0	0	0	0	0.74	52	38
15^th	Iona	1	0	0	0	0	0.72	33	18
16^th	Meridian	18	7	15	7	10	0.72	17	1
17^th	Rathdrum	4	1	3	1	3	0.712	10	7
18^th	Bonners Ferry	2	1	1	0	5	0.711	27	9
19^th	Osburn	1	0	0	0	0	0.703	16	3
20^th	Grace	1	0	1	0	0	0.701	19	1
21^st	Star	1	1	0	0	1	0.697	12	9
22^nd	Ketchum	1	0	0	0	1	0.695	13	9
23^rd	Coeur D Alene	7	3	5	1	10	0.694	18	5
24^th	Cambridge	1	0	1	0	0	0.669		(n/a)
25^th	Lewiston	8	2	4	1	8	0.666	30	5
26^th	Oakley	1	0	1	0	0	0.662	23	3
27^th	Sandpoint	4	1	4	1	5	0.65	22	5
28^th	Firth	1	1	1	0	0	0.64	70	42
29^th	Cataldo	1	0	0	0	0	0.626	25	4
30^th	Cascade	1	0	1	0	1	0.614	26	4
31^st	Rigby	4	2	1	0	0	0.609	36	5
32^nd	Chubbuck	3	1	0	1	0	0.593	24	8
33^rd	Parma	1	1	1	0	0	0.586	31	2
34^th	Kendrick	0	0	1	0	0	0.582	65	31
35^th	Hayden	1	0	0	0	3	0.56	67	32
36^th	Wallace	0	0	1	0	0	0.558	41	5
37^th	Arco	1	0	1	0	0	0.542	44	7
38^th	Kootenai	1	0	0	0	0	0.54	39	1
39^th	Boise	50	10	19	5	30	0.534	35	4
40^th	Council	1	0	1	0	0	0.525	98	58
41^st	Bruneau	1	0	1	0	0	0.524	73	32
42^nd	Bellevue	1	0	0	0	0	0.523	74	32
43^rd	New Plymouth	1	1	1	0	0	0.508	38	5
44^th	Athol	1	0	0	0	0	0.503	20	24
45^th	Pocatello	14	4	6	1	4	0.499	48	3
46^th	Mackay	1	0	1	0	0	0.494	53	7
47^th	Post Falls	7	2	3	1	7	0.493	51	4
48^th	Fruitland	2	1	2	0	0	0.493	56	8
49^th	Fairfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.489	32	17
50^th	Lava Hot Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.486		(n/a)
51^st	Rexburg	7	3	2	0	2	0.484	46	5
52^nd	Kuna	6	3	3	0	1	0.478	54	2
53^rd	Garden City	3	0	0	0	0	0.47	29	24
54^th	Sagle	1	0	0	0	0	0.469	71	17
55^th	Filer	1	2	1	0	0	0.461		(n/a)
56^th	Grangeville	1	0	1	0	1	0.46	43	13
57^th	Idaho Falls	22	5	14	4	6	0.454	59	2
58^th	Orofino	1	0	1	0	0	0.453	14	44
59^th	Malad City	1	1	1	1	0	0.449	66	7
60^th	Ammon	6	0	1	1	2	0.448	61	1
61^st	Gooding	1	1	2	2	0	0.444	76	15
62^nd	Soda Springs	1	1	2	0	0	0.444		(n/a)
63^rd	Salmon	2	0	2	1	1	0.442	49	14
64^th	Ririe	1	0	1	0	0	0.437	37	27
65^th	Declo	1	1	1	0	0	0.43	45	20
66^th	Arimo	0	0	1	0	0	0.425	83	17
67^th	Paris	2	0	0	0	0	0.406	90	23
68^th	Twin Falls	10	4	4	4	5	0.405	57	11
69^th	Nampa	17	3	12	7	12	0.404	64	5
70^th	Juliaetta	1	0	0	0	0	0.4	42	28
71^st	Kimberly	2	1	1	1	0	0.398	63	8
72^nd	Marsing	1	1	1	0	1	0.388	60	12
73^rd	Potlatch	1	0	1	0	0	0.384	69	4
74^th	Harrison	1	0	1	0	0	0.379	21	53
75^th	Horseshoe Bend	1	0	1	0	0	0.369		(n/a)
76^th	Weiser	2	1	2	0	1	0.366	89	13
77^th	Ashton	1	0	1	0	0	0.363	50	27
78^th	Caldwell	13	5	7	4	5	0.357	58	20
79^th	Saint Anthony	3	1	3	0	0	0.353	55	24
80^th	Hailey	3	1	2	0	1	0.351	86	6
81^st	Mountain Home	4	2	5	0	5	0.33	81
82^nd	Menan	1	0	1	0	0	0.326	85	3
83^rd	Kooskia	1	0	1	0	0	0.32	84	1
84^th	Melba	1	0	1	0	0	0.309	77	7
85^th	Hansen	1	0	1	0	0	0.305	88	3
86^th	Hope	1	0	0	0	0	0.283		(n/a)
87^th	Blackfoot	10	4	6	1	1	0.268	80	7
88^th	Terreton	1	1	1	0	0	0.267	92	4
89^th	Idaho City	1	0	1	0	0	0.263	47	42
90^th	Aberdeen	1	1	1	0	0	0.257	78	12
91^st	Homedale	1	1	1	0	0	0.253	72	19
92^nd	Priest River	1	0	1	0	0	0.247		(n/a)
93^rd	Riggins	1	0	1	0	0	0.246	68	25
94^th	Roberts	1	0	0	0	0	0.226		(n/a)
95^th	Saint Maries	1	1	1	0	0	0.198	62	33
96^th	Pinehurst	1	0	0	0	0	0.197	75	21
97^th	Kellogg	1	1	1	0	1	0.186	99	2
98^th	Burley	4	1	3	1	0	0.182	91	7
99^th	Glenns Ferry	1	1	1	0	0	0.178	94	5
100^th	Buhl	1	1	2	0	3	0.136	79	21
101^st	Paul	1	1	0	0	0	0.116	87	14
102^nd	Jerome	4	1	2	2	1	0.102	97	5
103^rd	Naples	2	0	0	0	1	0.085		(n/a)
104^th	Heyburn	1	0	1	0	0	0.051	95	9
105^th	Wendell	1	1	1	0	0	0.049	100	5

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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 19, 2026, 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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