High Schools in Gooding Joint District

Gooding Joint District in Idaho serves approximately 416 high school students across two schools: Gooding High School and Gooding Alternative Learning Center, both serving grades 9 through 12. The district ranks 54th out of 101 Idaho districts (47th percentile) with a 2-star rating on SchoolDigger. Gooding High School is a traditional comprehensive high school with 384 students and the district's only state ranking and test-score data, while the Gooding Alternative Learning Center serves just 32 students with limited public data available.

Gooding High School ranks 59th out of 122 Idaho high schools (52nd percentile, 3 stars). It outperforms the state in English language arts (67% vs. 61.3%) and math (36% vs. 33.1%), but trails in science (37.5% vs. 41.2%). Chronic absenteeism affects 17.3% of its students, above the state rate of 13.8%. The Gooding Alternative Learning Center has no reported test scores or ranking, but its data reveal a chronic absenteeism rate of 51.2% — triple that of Gooding High School and nearly four times the state average. It offers a better student-teacher ratio of 13.2 versus 17.5 at Gooding High School, yet attendance is dramatically worse, suggesting the absenteeism stems from student circumstances rather than a lack of individualized attention.

Both schools serve substantial economically disadvantaged populations: 44.5% of Gooding High School students and 50% of alternative center students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Gooding High School's ranking has declined from the 70th percentile (4 stars) in 2021–2022 to the 52nd percentile (3 stars) in 2025–2026, a trend worth monitoring. The alternative school's lack of academic and spending data creates a significant information gap for parents evaluating that program. The reported graduation rate of 82.5% is identical across both schools, the district, and the state, which suggests the figure may be suppressed or aggregated rather than a precise school-level metric.