Summary:
The Academy Inc. operates a single middle school, Alpine Academy, in Chubbuck, Idaho, serving grades 6 through 8 with 272 students and a student-teacher ratio of 20.5 to 1. As the only middle school in the district, Alpine Academy represents the entirety of middle-level education for The Academy Inc., and its performance is best understood by examining grade-level strengths, overall proficiency rates, and recent state ranking history.
Alpine Academy shows notable academic strengths alongside a few clear areas of concern. The 7th grade is a bright spot: 53.5% of 7th graders are proficient in math, nearly 10 points above the state average of 43.6%, and 67.7% are proficient in English Language Arts, more than 10 points above the state's 56.8%. The 8th grade also excels in ELA at 63.6% proficiency versus 54.5% statewide. However, 6th grade is a weak point, with math proficiency at 38.8% (below the state's 42.5%) and ELA at 42.9% (well below the state's 51.5%). Overall, Alpine's all-grade math proficiency of 44.6% edges out the state's 43.1% but trails the district's 50.1%, while its ELA proficiency of 57.9% tops the state's 54.0% but falls slightly short of the district's 58.7%. Science proficiency in 8th grade is essentially tied with state and district averages at about 43%.
The school's state ranking has slipped in recent years, falling from 40th of 164 schools in 2023–2024 (76th percentile, 4 stars) to 77th of 166 in 2024–2025 (54th percentile, 3 stars), and then to 75th of 174 in 2025–2026 (57th percentile, 3 stars). Chronic absenteeism stands at 9.5%, which is better than the state's 13.8% but higher than the district's 6.8%. The most promising path forward is to investigate why 7th graders are thriving and replicate those strategies with the 6th-grade cohort, which could help boost overall performance and restore the school's former ranking.
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