Wallace District

Wallace District serves 489 students across just two schools in the Wallace, Idaho area: Silver Hills Elementary School (PK–6) and Wallace Junior/Senior High School (7–12), making it a small, tightly knit district that combines elementary and secondary education on two campuses.

Silver Hills Elementary is the district's clear academic standout. It currently ranks in the 70th percentile of Idaho elementary schools with a 4-star rating, and its math proficiency (55.8%) and ELA proficiency (63.0%) both beat the district and state averages. Wallace Junior/Senior High School is more of a mixed story—it earns 3 stars and ranks in the 55th percentile of Idaho high schools, but its ranking has been volatile, swinging from 44th percentile (4 stars) to 34th percentile (2 stars) and back up to 55th percentile (3 stars) over the past three years. In both math (43.7%) and ELA (58.8%), the high school trails the district average, which means the district's overall performance is largely carried by its elementary school.

One notable trend is that math proficiency declines as students get older at Silver Hills, dropping from 66.7% in 3rd grade to 47.2% by 6th grade, while the high school's End-of-Course math proficiency sits at just 33.3%. Science results are mixed—the high school exceeds state averages in science (45.1%) while the elementary school's 5th-grade science lags behind (40%). Chronic absenteeism runs slightly above the state rate at both schools (15.4% at the elementary, 14.1% at the high school), and the high school's graduation rate of 82.5% matches the state average. The high school enjoys a favorable 10:1 student–teacher ratio and slightly higher per-student spending, yet test scores haven't fully reflected that investment—highlighting attendance and upper-level math support as key areas to watch.