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Best Public Schools in Elmore County, ID

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Schools

4,507

Students

Districts

Top rankedStephensen Elementary School38^th of 337 Idaho elementary schools

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Smallest classes

Glenns Ferry Elementary School 12.2 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Stephensen Elementary School and 6 more

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6 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ISAT Math (2025)								ISAT Science (2025)				ISAT English Language Arts (2025)								Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISAT Math 3rd Grade	ISAT Math 4th Grade	ISAT Math 5th Grade	ISAT Math 6th Grade	ISAT Math 7th Grade	ISAT Math 8th Grade	ISAT Math End of Course	ISAT Math All Grades	ISAT Science 5th Grade	ISAT Science 8th Grade	ISAT Science End of Course	ISAT Science All Grades	ISAT English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ISAT English Language Arts 4th Grade	ISAT English Language Arts 5th Grade	ISAT English Language Arts 6th Grade	ISAT English Language Arts 7th Grade	ISAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	ISAT English Language Arts End of Course	ISAT English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Richard McKenna Charter School - Online	Public, Charter	9-12	675 South Haskett Street	Mountain Home	83647	Elmore County	Idaho Virtual High School Inc.	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 580-2449	216	6	35.3		183 (84.7%)	1 (0.5%)	18 (8.3%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.1%)	13	107^th of 112 public high schools	4.5%					(n/a)											25.4	25.4							38.1	38.1	$6,631	$00	$6,631
Richard McKenna Charter School - Online Alternative	Public, Charter	9-12	1993 East 8th North Suite 105	Mountain Home	83647	Elmore County	Idaho Virtual High School Inc.	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 580-2449	0	7	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)											25.6	25.6								35.9	$4,081	$00	$4,081
Richard McKenna Charter School - Montessori	Public, Charter	K-6	1305 East 8th North	Mountain Home	83647	Elmore County	Idaho Virtual High School Inc.	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 250-2347	164	10	16.4		126 (76.8%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (19.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.7%)	49.3	167^th of 337 public elementary schools	50.4%					(n/a)	56.5	39.1	43.5	41.7				45.2	69.6			69.6	47.8	56.5	56.5	45.8				51.6	$7,044	$00	$7,044
Richard McKenna Charter School - Onsite	Public, Charter	7-12	675 South Haskett Street	Mountain Home	83647	Elmore County	Idaho Virtual High School Inc.	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 580-2449	113	7	15.8		92 (81.4%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (15.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.5%)								(n/a)								32.0		61.1	50.0	56.7						55.6		56.0	$13,283	$00	$13,283
Glenns Ferry Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	639 North Bannock Street	Glenns Ferry	83623	Elmore County	Glenns Ferry Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 366-7435	139	11	12.2	66.2%	79 (56.8%)	1 (0.7%)	54 (38.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.9%)	15.5	304^th of 337 public elementary schools	9.8%					(n/a)	40.7							24.7	26.3			26.3	38.5	32.1	38.9					36.1	$10,309	$1,778	$8,531
Glenns Ferry High School	Public	9-12	639 North Bannock Street	Glenns Ferry	83623	Elmore County	Glenns Ferry Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 366-7434	128	10	13.3	51.6%	77 (60.2%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (39.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27.2	88^th of 112 public high schools	21.4%					(n/a)							23.7	23.7			32.4	32.4							52.6	52.6	$11,690	$1,622	$10,067
Glenns Ferry Middle School	Public	6-8	639 North Bannock Street	Glenns Ferry	83623	Elmore County	Glenns Ferry Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 366-7438	94	8	11.5	68.1%	68 (72.3%)	2 (2.1%)	22 (23.4%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	17	146^th of 166 public middle schools	12.0%					(n/a)				37.8	34.6	23.1		32.6		23.1		23.1				37.8	34.6	42.3		38.2	$10,215	$1,864	$8,350
East Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	775 North 10th East Street	Mountain Home	83647	Elmore County	Mountain Home District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 587-2575	386	20	19.3	63.7%	253 (65.5%)	5 (1.3%)	107 (27.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.7%)	22.1	275^th of 337 public elementary schools	18.4%					(n/a)	34.7	38.5						36.7					38.9	44.2						41.6	$7,474	$1,094	$6,380
Mountain Home Senior High School	Public	9-12	300 South 11th East Street	Mountain Home	83647	Elmore County	Mountain Home District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 587-2570	918	51	17.9	50.0%	574 (62.5%)	15 (1.6%)	250 (27.2%)	12 (1.3%)	7 (0.8%)	6 (0.7%)	54 (5.9%)								(n/a)																			55.9	55.9	$7,876	$784	$7,092
Stephensen Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	200 Gunfighter Avenue	Mountain Home Afb	83648	Elmore County	Mountain Home District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 832-4651	312	16	19.5	23.1%	147 (47.1%)	14 (4.5%)	49 (15.7%)	48 (15.4%)	2 (0.6%)	8 (2.6%)	44 (14.1%)	87	38^th of 337 public elementary schools	88.7%					(n/a)	73.1	62.8						68.4					78.8	67.4						73.7	$5,738	$731	$5,007
Mountain Home Junior High School	Public	7-8	1600 East 6th South Street	Mountain Home	83647	Elmore County	Mountain Home District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 587-2590	500	27	18.2	56.2%	314 (62.8%)	8 (1.6%)	137 (27.4%)	8 (1.6%)	4 (0.8%)	5 (1.0%)	24 (4.8%)	34	113^th of 166 public middle schools	31.9%		36.8	95^th of 164 public middle schools	42.1%	18					37.4	33.2		35.5		40.1		40.1					52.2	50.7		51.5	$8,022	$916	$7,106
North Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	290 E 12th North Street	Mountain Home	83647	Elmore County	Mountain Home District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 587-2585	357	18	19.8	58.8%	223 (62.5%)	7 (2.0%)	102 (28.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.4%)	19 (5.3%)	7.6	327^th of 337 public elementary schools	3.0%		9.2	281^st of 301 public elementary schools	6.6%	46	27.5	17.5						22.1					32.4	32.5						32.4	$7,789	$881	$6,908
West Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	415 West 2nd North	Mountain Home	83647	Elmore County	Mountain Home District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 587-2595	556	27	20.5	63.8%	330 (59.4%)	9 (1.6%)	183 (32.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (5.4%)	31.7	236^th of 337 public elementary schools	30.0%		42.7	169^th of 301 public elementary schools	43.9%	67	44.9	43.2						44.0					33.7	52.6						43.5	$7,484	$1,269	$6,215
Hacker Middle School	Public	5-6	550 East Jackson Street	Mountain Home	83647	Elmore County	Mountain Home District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 587-2500	530	29	18.2	57.2%	329 (62.1%)	9 (1.7%)	139 (26.2%)	15 (2.8%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.8%)	32 (6.0%)								(n/a)			31.1	35.9				33.4	38.8			38.8			51.2	45.3				48.4	$6,164	$996	$5,167
Bennett Mountain High School	Public	6-12	560 East Jackson	Mountain Home	83647	Elmore County	Mountain Home District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 587-3837	88	5	17.6	59.1%	63 (71.6%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (25.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.3%)								(n/a)																			16.7	16.7	$7,682	$489	$7,193
Prairie Elementary/Junior High School	Public	K-8	73 Smith Creek Road	Prairie	83647	Elmore County	Prairie Elementary District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 868-3229	6	1	6.0		6 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																					$67,427	$00	$67,427

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IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.