Council District

Summary:

The Council District in Idaho is home to two schools: Council Elementary School and Council Junior/Senior High School. Both schools have faced significant challenges, with declining performance and low academic achievement compared to state averages.

Council Elementary School has seen a steady decline in its statewide ranking, dropping from 148th out of 354 schools in 2011-2012 to 321st out of 337 in 2024-2025. The school struggles with low proficiency rates in ISAT/Math (25%) and ISAT/English Language Arts (23.8%), well below the state averages. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 15% and serves a relatively high percentage of students (34.3%) who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

While Council Junior/Senior High School performs better than the elementary school in ISAT/English Language Arts, with 42.1% of students proficient or better, it has also seen a decline in its statewide ranking, dropping from 49th out of 88 high schools in 2020-2021 to 120th out of 159 in 2023-2024. The high school maintains a relatively high four-year graduation rate of 82.3% but still faces challenges with a 15% chronic absenteeism rate and serves a slightly lower percentage of students (31.15%) who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch compared to the elementary school.

District Detail

101 East Bleeker Avenue
Council, ID 83612-0468

(208) 253-4217

SchoolDigger Rank:
90^th of 96 Idaho districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 282

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 0
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking ()				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 ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISAT Math 4th Grade	ISAT Math 7th Grade	ISAT Math All Grades	ISAT Science 8th Grade	ISAT English Language Arts 4th Grade	ISAT English Language Arts 6th Grade	ISAT English Language Arts 7th Grade	ISAT English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Council Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	202 Highway 95	Council	83612	Adams County	Council District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 253-4223	165	8	19.5	42.4%	146 (88.5%)	2 (1.2%)	12 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	9	321^st of 337 public elementary schools	4.7%					(n/a)	36.0		25.0		28.0	23.8		23.8	$8,678	$1,106	$7,571
Council Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	101 East Bleeker Avenue	Council	83612	Adams County	Council District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 253-4217	117	10	11.5	45.3%	106 (90.6%)	1 (0.9%)	6 (5.1%)	3 (2.6%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)		30.4	22.8	31.6			30.4	42.1	$12,736	$1,206	$11,529

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools
Cambridge Joint District	15.78 mi	2
McCall Community School Inc	16.14 mi	1
McCall-Donnelly Joint School District	17.97 mi	6
Meadows Valley District	18.8 mi	1
Midvale District	22.67 mi	2

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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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