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Best Public Schools in Jerome County, ID

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At a glance

Schools

4,667

Students

Districts

Top rankedJerome Middle School155^th of 174 Idaho middle schools

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Biggest riser

Horizon Elementary School up 20 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Valley School 12.5 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Jerome Middle School and 1 more

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ISAT Math (2026)								ISAT Science (2026)				ISAT English Language Arts (2026)								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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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
Heritage Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	500 South Lincoln Avenue	Jerome	83338	Jerome County	Heritage Academy Inc.	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 595-1617	176	12	14.9	43.2%	71 (40.3%)	0 (0.0%)	85 (48.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	4 (2.3%)	15 (8.5%)								(n/a)	26.3	43.5			35.0			23.7	29.2			24.5		43.5	37.5		55.0	39.1		38.5	$10,619	$2,541	$8,078
Falls City Academy	Public	6-12	125 4th Avenue West	Jerome	83338	Jerome County	Jerome Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 324-8137	75	6	11.7	68.0%	10 (13.3%)	1 (1.3%)	63 (84.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Horizon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	934 10th Avenue East	Jerome	83338	Jerome County	Jerome Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 324-4841	486	27	17.9	66.3%	186 (38.3%)	1 (0.2%)	290 (59.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (1.0%)	14.9	311^th of 346 public elementary schools	10.1%		4.7	331^st of 337 public elementary schools	1.8%	20			32.0					29.6	35.5				28.6	27.8	41.3					33.0	$7,728	$1,352	$6,376
Jefferson Elementary School	Public	K-5	600 North Fillmore Street	Jerome	83338	Jerome County	Jerome Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 324-8896	421	20	21.0	59.1%	153 (36.3%)	0 (0.0%)	266 (63.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)								(n/a)	31.3							27.1												28.2	$6,816	$1,216	$5,600
Jerome High School	Public	9-12	104 North Tiger Drive	Jerome	83338	Jerome County	Jerome Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 324-8137	1,140	60	19.1	50.9%	475 (41.7%)	8 (0.7%)	643 (56.4%)	4 (0.4%)	5 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)								(n/a)																					$7,744	$894	$6,851
Jerome Middle School	Public	6-8	520 10th Avenue West	Jerome	83338	Jerome County	Jerome Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 324-8134	937	53	17.7	66.0%	354 (37.8%)	3 (0.3%)	566 (60.4%)	4 (0.4%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.6%)	15.4	155^th of 174 public middle schools	10.9%					(n/a)					26.7			25.1		36.0							33.3			36.3	$6,551	$1,043	$5,509
Jerome Academy	Public, Alternative	K-12	125 4th Avenue West	Jerome	83338	Jerome County	Jerome Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 324-2392	4	1	6.6		4 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																					$1,751	$471	$1,280
Summit Elementary	Public	K-5	200 10th Avenue West	Jerome	83338	Jerome County	Jerome Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 324-3396	460	24	19.1	75.0%	140 (30.4%)	2 (0.4%)	311 (67.6%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	4.8	341^st of 346 public elementary schools	1.4%		2.1	337^th of 337 public elementary schools	0.0%	4	31.3	24.4	15.2					22.7	15.2				20.3	26.7	31.9					27.0	$6,399	$1,112	$5,287
Frontier Elementary School	Public	K-5	525 South Tiger Drive	Jerome	83338	Jerome County	Jerome Joint District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(208) 332-6800	475	24	19.7	65.3%	204 (42.9%)	2 (0.4%)	263 (55.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	6.1	338^th of 346 public elementary schools	2.3%					(n/a)	30.2	21.6	24.3					24.4	22.4						26.2					23.8
Valley School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	882 Valley Road South	Hazelton	83335	Jerome County	Valley District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 829-5353	493	39	12.5	58.4%	247 (50.1%)	0 (0.0%)	244 (49.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)	47.5	60.0	33.3	31.0	18.2	33.3	15.0	32.4	42.9	33.3	34.1	37.0	45.0	64.0	52.4	44.8	52.3	55.6	35.0	49.2	$9,154	$1,016	$8,138

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Idaho Department of Education.

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