Summary:
Boundary County District serves about 1,455 students across 6 schools in northern Idaho’s Boundary County, including one high school, one middle school, four elementary campuses, and a K–8 online school. Overall, the district ranks near the middle of Idaho districts with a 3-star rating, but individual schools vary dramatically from standout performers to serious trouble spots.
If you’re looking for the strongest academics, Valley View Elementary School is the clear top choice: it earned a 4-star rating and ranks in the 80th percentile statewide, with math proficiency at 58.3% and ELA at 65.9%, both well above state averages. It also has the district’s lowest chronic absenteeism rate at just 6.7%. Boundary County Middle School is another solid, consistent option, holding a 4-star rating for three straight years and posting especially strong 8th-grade math scores (61.6% vs. 41.2% statewide). On the other hand, Boundary County Online School is a significant outlier: it has a 1-star rating, math proficiency of just 26.1%, and a student-teacher ratio of 52.5 to 1, far higher than every other school in the district.
Among the traditional schools, Bonners Ferry High School stands out for a strange split: its ELA proficiency is excellent at 73%, but math is only 29.1%, and chronic absenteeism sits at 22.3%. Mount Hall Elementary School and Naples Elementary School fall in the middle, with math scores near the state average but lower than Valley View. Attendance is a district-wide issue at the secondary level: both the high school and middle school have chronic absenteeism rates near double the state average. Spending doesn’t seem to drive results — the high school spends the most per student yet has the lowest math scores among traditional schools, while Mount Hall spends the least but outperforms the district in math. Overall, families should look closely at Valley View and the middle school for strong academics, but the high school’s math weakness and the online school’s instructional challenges are areas that need attention.
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