High Schools in Salmon District

The Salmon District in Idaho includes two high schools: Salmon Junior/Senior High School, a comprehensive school serving grades 6–12 with 349 students, and Salmon Alternative High School, a small program serving grades 9–12 with just 12 students. The district ranks 84th out of 101 Idaho districts (17th percentile, 1 star), and nearly all reported accountability data belongs to the main high school, with the alternative school lacking published test scores, graduation rates, and rankings due to its very small enrollment.

Salmon Junior/Senior High School is the clear standout because it is the only fully measurable school in the district. Its best recent ranking came in 2024–2025, when it placed 63rd out of 112 Idaho high schools (44th percentile, 2 stars), and it was the only school in the district to post an above-state proficiency result that year (science at 48.2% vs. 42.6% statewide). In 2025–2026, its ranking fell to 92nd out of 122 schools (25th percentile). It reports an 82.5% graduation rate, chronic absenteeism of 11.6% (better than the state's 13.8%), per-student spending of $8,842, and 42.7% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. By contrast, Salmon Alternative High School reports no academic data, though its student–teacher ratio of 22.6 is much higher than the main school's 16.2.

The most striking finding is that 8th graders at Salmon Junior/Senior High School lag far behind state averages in every subject: math 15.1% vs. 41.2%, ELA 28.0% vs. 54.5%, and science 19.2% vs. 42.9%. Science performance is also volatile, swinging from 48.2% in 2024–2025 to just 25.5% in 2025–2026. The school's ranking has been unstable—14th, 44th, then 25th percentile over three years—and its graduation rate exactly matches both district and state averages at 82.5%, meaning about 1 in 6 students does not graduate on time. Overall, the school shows relative strength in end-of-course ELA (only 6.3 points below state) but remains well below state averages in most subjects, particularly at the 8th-grade level.