High Schools in Notus District

Notus District contains just one high school, Notus Junior/Senior High School, a small combined school serving grades 7 through 12 with 157 students and a 10.2-to-1 student-teacher ratio in Caldwell, Idaho. Since this is the only high school in the district, school-level and district-level metrics are often identical for high-school-specific measures. The school serves a wide grade span, which sets it apart from traditional four-year high schools, and nearly half of its students (45.22%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

In terms of performance, Notus Junior/Senior High School has earned a 2-star rating for three consecutive ranking cycles. Its 2025-2026 ranking is 71 out of 122 Idaho high schools, placing it in the 42nd percentile, its best relative showing in the available rank history. The school's graduation rate is 82.5%, matching the district and state figures. Its chronic absenteeism rate of 13.9% is far better than the district rate of 20.7% and essentially tied with the state rate of 13.8%. Academically, students showed substantial improvement in math proficiency, rising from 13.9% in 2024-2025 to 25.8% in 2025-2026, though still below the state average of 43.1%.

English language arts is a relative strength at this school, with 48.5% proficiency in 2025-2026, about 10 points above the district average. On the end-of-course ELA exam, students reached 60.9% proficiency, nearly matching the state's 61.3%. Notably, the school outperforms the state in end-of-course math, with 39.1% proficiency versus the state's 33.1%. Science remains a challenge, particularly at the high-school level, where only 27.3% of students are proficient compared to the state's 41.2%. With its low student-to-teacher ratio and improving statewide rank, this small school appears to be building momentum.