Oneida County District

Oneida County District is a small, mostly rural Idaho district centered around Malad City, serving five schools from elementary through high school, plus a large virtual charter academy. The district's overall ranking—49th out of 101 Idaho districts—is heavily influenced by Idaho Home Learning Academy Charter, which enrolls roughly 89% of the district's students. That virtual school posts the weakest test scores in the district, with math proficiency at just 26.8% compared to the state's 43.1% and ELA at 42.4% versus the state's 54.0%. Its massive enrollment skews district-wide averages downward, meaning the traditional brick-and-mortar schools are actually performing much better than the district's mid-tier 3-star rating suggests.

Parents considering the district's physical schools will find several standouts. Malad Middle School is the strongest overall performer, with a 4-star rating for three consecutive years, math proficiency of 50.2%, ELA proficiency of 64.9%, and 8th-grade science at 61.4%—all above state averages. Malad Elementary School also earned a 4-star rating in 2025–2026, jumping from the 52nd to the 79th percentile, with all-grades math at 55.7% and 5th-grade ELA at 70.6%. Malad Senior High School's science program is a clear strength, with End-of-Course science proficiency of 59.5% versus the state's 41.2%, though its math and ELA data are not reported. Impressively, both Malad Elementary and Malad Middle serve populations where nearly half of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, yet they outperform state averages.

Two schools remain harder to assess. Stone Elementary School has just 21 students and the district's highest poverty rate at 61.9%, but no test scores or rankings are reported due to its small size; it spends $9,322 per student with a low student-teacher ratio of 10.5. Meanwhile, Idaho Home Learning Academy Charter is an outlier in many ways—it has a 33.6 student-teacher ratio, spends only $3,749 per student, and despite weak math and ELA scores, posts End-of-Course science proficiency of 54.4%, above the state's 41.2%. The district also reports chronic absenteeism of only 1.2% versus the state's 13.8%, which conflicts with school-level figures like Malad Middle's 20.7% and likely reflects a data quality issue.