Summary:
Peace Valley Charter School is the sole elementary school serving grades K-8 in the Peace Valley Charter School Inc. district in Idaho, with a total enrollment of 259 students. The school has faced significant challenges in recent years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 226 out of 337 Idaho elementary schools in the 2024-2025 school year to 282 out of 301 in the 2023-2024 school year, accompanied by a decline in its SchoolDigger rating from 2 stars to 0 stars.
Academically, Peace Valley Charter School has consistently underperformed compared to the state averages on the Idaho Standards Achievement Test (ISAT). In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates in Math (27.1%), English Language Arts (45.3%), and Science (52.9%) were all lower than the state averages. This trend continued in the 2023-2024 school year, with the school's Math and English Language Arts proficiency rates dropping to 11.5% and 31.9%, respectively, significantly below the state averages.
Additionally, the school faces challenges with student attendance, reporting a chronic absenteeism rate of 15.0% for the 2023-2024 school year. While the school's per-student spending of $7,081 for the 2018-2019 school year is lower than the state average, it maintains a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.1 to 1, suggesting a focus on individualized attention and support for its students. Overall, the data indicates that Peace Valley Charter School is facing significant academic and operational challenges that will require targeted interventions and strategies to improve student outcomes.
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