Best School Districts in Idaho

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Rank (of 101)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2026)	Rank (2025)	Rank change from 2025
79^th	Aberdeen District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Aberdeen	Bingham County	0.261	76	3
	Alturas Academy North Inc.		0	0	0	0	Rigby	Bonneville County			(n/a)
15^th	Alturas International Academy Inc.	K-5	1	0	0	0	Idaho Falls	Bonneville County	0.728	24	9
14^th	Alturas Preparatory Academy Inc	6-12	0	0	1	0	Idaho Falls	Bonneville County	0.735	16	2
	American Falls Joint District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	American Falls	Power County			(n/a)
	American Heritage Charter School Inc.	K-12	0	0	0	1	Idaho Falls	Bonneville County			(n/a)
62^nd	Anser Of Idaho Inc.	K-8	1	0	0	0	Garden City	Ada County	0.387	30	32
	Arbon Elementary District	K-6	1	0	0	0	Arbon	Power County			(n/a)
	Avery School District	K-8	2	0	0	0	Calder	Shoshone County			(n/a)
78^th	Basin School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Idaho City	Boise County	0.266	40	38
	Bear Lake County District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Paris	Bear Lake County			(n/a)
90^th	Blackfoot Charter Community Learning Center Inc.	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Blackfoot	Bingham County	0.148	89	1
69^th	Blackfoot District	PK, KG-12	6	2	3	0	Blackfoot	Bingham County	0.318	68	1
47^th	Blaine County District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	1	Hailey	Blaine County	0.474	47
	Bliss Joint District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Bliss	Gooding County			(n/a)
41^st	Boise Independent District	PK, KG-12	34	8	9	1	Boise	Ada County	0.51	33	8
52^nd	Bonneville Joint District	PK, KG-12	15	3	8	1	Idaho Falls	Bonneville County	0.442	50	2
48^th	Boundary County District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Bonners Ferry	Boundary County	0.463	21	27
	Brabeion Academy Inc		0	0	0	0	Garden City	Ada County			(n/a)
	Bruneau-Grand View Joint School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Bruneau	Owyhee County			(n/a)
91^st	Buhl Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Buhl	Twin Falls County	0.138	77	14
35^th	Butte County Joint District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Arco	Butte County	0.544	36	1
98^th	Caldwell District	PK, KG-12	5	2	2	1	Caldwell	Canyon County	0.033	91	7
44^th	Camas County District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Fairfield	Camas County	0.488		(n/a)
19^th	Cambridge Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Cambridge	Washington County	0.665		(n/a)
	Canyon-Owyhee School Service Agency (Cossa)	7-12	0	0	1	0	Wilder	Canyon County			(n/a)
	Cardinal Academy Incorporated	9-12	0	0	1	0	Boise	Ada County			(n/a)
28^th	Cascade District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Cascade	Valley County	0.611		(n/a)
64^th	Cassia County Joint District	PK, KG-12	8	2	6	1	Burley	Cassia County	0.366	57	7
	Castleford District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Castleford	Twin Falls County			(n/a)
	Challis Joint District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Challis	Custer County			(n/a)
	Chief Tahgee Elementary Academy Inc.	K-7	1	0	0	0	Fort Hall	Bingham County			(n/a)
	Clark County District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Dubois	Clark County			(n/a)
	Coeur d' Alene Tribal School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Desmet	Benewah County			(n/a)
1^st	Coeur D'Alene Charter Academy Inc.	6-12	0	0	1	0	Coeur D Alene	Kootenai County	0.989	1
13^th	Coeur D'Alene District	PK, KG-12	10	3	3	1	Coeur D Alene	Kootenai County	0.738	12	1
	Compass Public Charter School Inc.	K-12	0	0	0	1	Meridian	Ada County			(n/a)
7^th	Cottonwood Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Cottonwood	Idaho County	0.833	6	1
36^th	Council District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Council	Adams County	0.537	90	54
	Culdesac Joint District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Culdesac	Nez Perce County			(n/a)
	Dietrich District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Dietrich	Lincoln County			(n/a)
17^th	Doral Academy Of Idaho Inc.	K-8	1	0	0	0	Meridian	Ada County	0.696	20	3
	Dry Creek Charter Inc.		0	0	0	0	Boise	Ada County			(n/a)
100^th	Elevate Academy East Idaho LLC	6-11	0	0	0	0	Idaho Falls	Canyon County	0.023		(n/a)
	Elevate Academy Inc.	6-12	0	0	1	0	Caldwell	Canyon County			(n/a)
101^st	Elevate Academy Nampa LLC	6-12	0	0	1	0	Nampa	Canyon County	0.022		(n/a)
92^nd	Elevate Academy North LLC	6-12	0	0	1	0	Post Falls	Kootenai County	0.107		(n/a)
	Elevate Academy Twin Falls		0	0	0	0	Twin Falls	Canyon County			(n/a)
	Emmett Independent District	PK, KG-12	5	1	4	0	Emmett	Gem County			(n/a)
9^th	Falcon Ridge Public Charter School Inc.	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Kuna	Ada County	0.768	7	2
8^th	Fern-Waters Public Charter School Inc.	K-8	1	0	0	0	Salmon	Elmore County	0.784	9	1
	Filer District	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Filer	Twin Falls County			(n/a)
23^rd	Firth District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Firth	Bingham County	0.64	60	37
66^th	Fremont County Joint District	PK, KG-12	4	1	3	0	Saint Anthony	Fremont County	0.357	43	23
67^th	Fruitland District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Fruitland	Payette County	0.354	73	6
24^th	Future Public School Inc.	K-6	1	0	0	0	Garden City	Ada County	0.639	15	9
	Garden Valley District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Garden Valley	Boise County			(n/a)
	Gem Prep: Idaho Falls LLC		0	0	0	0	Idaho Falls	Latah County			(n/a)
	Gem Prep: Meridian LLC	K-12	0	0	0	1	Meridian	Latah County			(n/a)
	Gem Prep: Meridian North LLC	K-12	0	0	0	1	Meridian	Ada County			(n/a)
	Gem Prep: Meridian South LLC	K-11	0	0	0	1	Meridian	Latah County			(n/a)
	Gem Prep: Nampa LLC	K-12	0	0	0	1	Nampa	Latah County			(n/a)
	Gem Prep: Online LLC	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Meridian	Ada County			(n/a)
	Gem Prep: Pocatello LLC	K-12	0	0	0	1	Chubbuck	Bannock County			(n/a)
31^st	Gem Prep: Twin Falls LLC	K-10	0	0	0	1	Twin Falls	Latah County	0.57	29	2
	Genesee Joint District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Genesee	Latah County			(n/a)
87^th	Glenns Ferry Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Glenns Ferry	Elmore County	0.181	86	1
54^th	Gooding Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Gooding	Gooding County	0.426	74	20
16^th	Grace Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Grace	Caribou County	0.701	18	2
	Hagerman Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Hagerman	Gooding County			(n/a)
72^nd	Hansen District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hansen	Twin Falls County	0.307	81	9
32^nd	Hayden Canyon Charter School Inc.	K-8	1	0	0	0	Hayden	Kootenai County	0.558	46	14
86^th	Heritage Academy Inc.	K-12	0	0	0	1	Jerome	Jerome County	0.187	83	3
93^rd	Heritage Community Charter School Inc.	K-8	1	0	0	0	Caldwell	Canyon County	0.092	94	1
	Highland Joint District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Craigmont	Lewis County			(n/a)
	Hollister Charter School Inc	K-6	1	0	0	0	Hollister	Twin Falls County			(n/a)
80^th	Homedale Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Homedale	Owyhee County	0.253	66	14
	Horseshoe Bend School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Horseshoe Bend	Boise County			(n/a)
	Idaho Arts Charter School Inc.	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Nampa	Canyon County			(n/a)
	Idaho Bureau Of Educational Services For The Deaf And The Bl	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Gooding	Gooding County			(n/a)
	Idaho Collaborative Learning Partners LLC		0	0	0	0	Boise	Ada County			(n/a)
33^rd	Idaho College And Career Readiness Academy Inc.	9-12	0	0	1	0	Meridian	Ada County	0.557	39	6
	Idaho Department Of Corrections	9-12	0	0	1	0	Boise	Ada County			(n/a)
	Idaho Department Of Juvenile Corrections	6-12	0	0	3	0	Boise	Ada County			(n/a)
57^th	Idaho Falls District	PK, KG-12	12	2	5	1	Idaho Falls	Bonneville County	0.4	61	4
18^th	Idaho Novus Classical Academy LLC	K-7	1	0	0	0	Boise	Ada County	0.673		(n/a)
	Idaho Science And Technology Charter School Inc.	K-9	0	0	0	1	Blackfoot	Bingham County			(n/a)
74^th	Idaho Virtual Academy Inc.	K-12	0	0	1	1	Meridian	Ada County	0.298	79	5
	Idaho Virtual Education Partners Inc.	6-12	0	0	2	0	Boise	Ada County			(n/a)
65^th	Idaho Virtual High School Inc.	K-12	1	0	3	0	Mountain Home	Elmore County	0.364	69	4
	Inspire Academics Inc.	K-12	0	0	1	1	Boise	Ada County			(n/a)
	Island Park Charter School Inc.	K-6	1	0	0	0	Island Park	Fremont County			(n/a)
99^th	Isucceed Virtual High School Inc.	7-12	0	0	2	0	Boise	Ada County	0.03		(n/a)
39^th	Jefferson County Joint District	PK, KG-12	6	2	2	0	Rigby	Jefferson County	0.525	38	1
95^th	Jerome Joint District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	1	Jerome	Jerome County	0.062	92	3
12^th	Joint School District No. 2	PK, KG-12	35	11	15	0	Meridian	Ada County	0.751	10	2
	Kamiah Joint District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Kamiah	Lewis County			(n/a)
73^rd	Kellogg Joint District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Kellogg	Shoshone County	0.3	75	2
43^rd	Kendrick Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Kendrick	Latah County	0.491	45	2
58^th	Kimberly District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	1	Kimberly	Twin Falls County	0.4	49	9
	Kootenai Classical Academy Inc	PK, KG-10	0	0	0	1	Post Falls	Kootenai County			(n/a)
	Kootenai District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Harrison	Kootenai County			(n/a)
	KTEC - Kootenai Technical Educational Campus	9-12	0	0	1	0	Rathdrum	Kootenai County			(n/a)
55^th	Kuna Joint District	PK, KG-12	6	3	4	0	Kuna	Ada County	0.423	55
22^nd	Lake Pend Oreille School District	PK, KG-12	8	1	4	0	Ponderay	Bonner County	0.646	14	8
21^st	Lakeland District	PK, KG-12	6	2	3	0	Rathdrum	Kootenai County	0.648	13	8
	Lapwai District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lapwai	Nez Perce County			(n/a)
	Lava Hot Springs Academy Inc	K-6	1	0	0	0	Lava Hot Springs	Bannock County			(n/a)
2^nd	Legacy Public Charter School Inc.	K-8	1	0	0	0	Nampa	Canyon County	0.942	2
20^th	Lewiston Independent District	PK, KG-12	7	2	3	1	Lewiston	Nez Perce County	0.663	22	2
	Liberty Charter School Inc.	K-12	0	0	0	1	Nampa	Canyon County			(n/a)
42^nd	Mackay Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Mackay	Custer County	0.494	42
46^th	Madison District	PK, KG-12	7	3	2	0	Rexburg	Madison County	0.482		(n/a)
25^th	Marsh Valley Joint District	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	0	Arimo	Bannock County	0.63	59	34
60^th	Marsing Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Marsing	Owyhee County	0.391	48	12
	McCall Community School Inc	K-8	1	0	0	0	Donnelly	Valley County			(n/a)
4^th	McCall-Donnelly Joint School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	McCall	Valley County	0.869		(n/a)
	Meadows Valley District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	New Meadows	Adams County			(n/a)
70^th	Melba Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Melba	Canyon County	0.312	72	2
27^th	Middleton District	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Middleton	Canyon County	0.617		(n/a)
	Midvale District	PK, KG-12	0	0	1	1	Midvale	Washington County			(n/a)
94^th	Minidoka County Joint District	PK, KG-12	4	3	2	1	Rupert	Minidoka County	0.086	88	6
76^th	Monticello Montessori Charter School Inc.	K-8	1	0	0	0	Ammon	Bonneville County	0.289	70	6
45^th	Mosaics Public School Inc.	K-8	1	0	0	0	Caldwell	Canyon County	0.488	52	7
11^th	Moscow District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Moscow	Latah County	0.753	8	3
	Mountain Home District	PK, KG-12	4	2	2	0	Mountain Home	Elmore County			(n/a)
56^th	Mountain View School District	PK, KG-12	3	0	2	0	Grangeville	Idaho County	0.407	44	12
	Mullan District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Mullan	Shoshone County			(n/a)
	Murtaugh Joint District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Murtaugh	Twin Falls County			(n/a)
85^th	Nampa School District	PK, KG-12	11	3	6	1	Nampa	Canyon County	0.214	80	5
40^th	New Plymouth District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	New Plymouth	Payette County	0.511	34	6
	Nezperce Joint District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Nezperce	Lewis County			(n/a)
	North Gem District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Bancroft	Caribou County			(n/a)
	North Idaho Classical Academy LLC		0	0	0	0	Bonners Ferry	Boundary County			(n/a)
	North Idaho Stem Charter Academy Inc.	K-12	0	0	0	1	Rathdrum	Kootenai County			(n/a)
	North Star Charter School Inc.	K-12	1	0	1	0	Eagle	Ada County			(n/a)
	North Valley Academy Inc.	K-12	0	0	0	1	Gooding	Gooding County			(n/a)
75^th	Notus District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Caldwell	Canyon County	0.291	67	8
49^th	Oneida County District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	1	Malad City	Oneida County	0.45	54	5
	Orofino Joint District	PK, KG-12	4	0	4	0	Orofino	Clearwater County			(n/a)
3^rd	Palouse Prairie Educational Organization Inc.	K-8	1	0	0	0	Moscow	Latah County	0.902	17	14
30^th	Parma District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Parma	Canyon County	0.587	25	5
88^th	Pathways In Education - Nampa Inc.	9-12	0	0	1	0	Nampa	Canyon County	0.164	95	7
96^th	Pathways In Education - West Ada	9-12	0	0	1	0	Boise	Ada County	0.057		(n/a)
	Payette Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Payette	Payette County			(n/a)
37^th	Peace Valley Charter School Inc.	K-8	1	0	0	0	Boise	Ada County	0.53	65	28
81^st	Pinecrest Academy Of Idaho Inc.	K-8	1	0	0	0	Twin Falls	Twin Falls County	0.249	31	50
	Pinecrest Academy Of Lewiston Inc	K-7	1	0	0	0	Lewiston	Nez Perce County			(n/a)
	Pleasant Valley Elementary District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Jordan Valley	Malheur County			(n/a)
	Plummer-Worley Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Plummer	Benewah County			(n/a)
38^th	Pocatello District	PK, KG-12	13	4	5	1	Pocatello	Bannock County	0.529	35	3
34^th	Post Falls District	PK, KG-12	7	2	2	0	Post Falls	Kootenai County	0.544	37	3
61^st	Potlatch District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Potlatch	Latah County	0.389	56	5
	Prairie Elementary District	K-8	1	0	0	0	Prairie	Elmore County			(n/a)
	Preston Joint District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Preston	Franklin County			(n/a)
	Project Impact Stem Academy Inc.	K-12	0	0	0	1	Meridian	Ada County			(n/a)
	Promise Academy Inc	6-12	0	0	1	0	Caldwell	Canyon County			(n/a)
	Richfield District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Richfield	Lincoln County			(n/a)
53^rd	Ririe Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Ririe	Jefferson County	0.436	32	21
	Rockland District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Rockland	Power County			(n/a)
	Sage International School Middleton LLC	K-12	0	0	0	1	Middleton	Ada County			(n/a)
84^th	Salmon District	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	1	Salmon	Lemhi County	0.216	71	13
83^rd	Salmon River Joint School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Riggins	Idaho County	0.249		(n/a)
50^th	Sandpoint Charter School Inc.	6-12	0	0	1	0	Sandpoint	Bonner County	0.446	62	12
	Shelley Joint District	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Shelley	Bingham County			(n/a)
	Shoshone Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Shoshone	Lincoln County			(n/a)
	Shoshone-Bannock School	6-12	0	0	1	0	Pocatello	Bingham County			(n/a)
	Snake River District	PK, KG-12	4	2	3	0	Blackfoot	Bingham County			(n/a)
51^st	Soda Springs Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Soda Springs	Caribou County	0.445		(n/a)
	South Lemhi District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Leadore	Lemhi County			(n/a)
	St Maries Joint District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Saint Maries	Benewah County			(n/a)
	Sugar-Salem Joint District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	1	Sugar City	Madison County			(n/a)
	Swan Valley Elementary District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Irwin	Bonneville County			(n/a)
10^th	Syringa Mountain School Inc.	K-8	1	0	0	0	Hailey	Blaine County	0.763		(n/a)
	Taylor's Crossing Public Charter School Inc.	K-12	0	0	0	1	Idaho Falls	Bonneville County			(n/a)
	Teton County District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Driggs	Teton County			(n/a)
26^th	The Academy Inc.	K-8	1	1	0	0	Chubbuck	Bannock County	0.62	28	2
89^th	The Kootenai Bridge Academy Inc.	9-12	0	0	1	0	Coeur D Alene	Kootenai County	0.156	96	7
68^th	The Pocatello Community Charter School Inc.	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Pocatello	Bannock County	0.32	64	4
	The Sage International School Of Boise A Public Charter Sch	K-12	0	0	0	1	Boise	Ada County			(n/a)
	Thomas Jefferson Charter School Inc.	K-12	0	0	0	1	Caldwell	Canyon County			(n/a)
	Three Creek Joint Elementary District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Rogerson	Twin Falls County			(n/a)
	Treasure Valley Classical Academy Inc.	K-12	1	0	1	0	Fruitland	Payette County			(n/a)
6^th	Troy School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Troy	Latah County	0.846	3	3
59^th	Twin Falls District	PK, KG-12	9	4	3	2	Twin Falls	Twin Falls County	0.391	58	1
	Valley District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Hazelton	Jerome County			(n/a)
71^st	Vallivue School District	PK, KG-12	9	3	3	0	Caldwell	Canyon County	0.31	51	20
	Valor Classical Academy Of Idaho LLC		0	0	0	0	Kuna	Ada County			(n/a)
	Victory Charter School Inc.	K-12	0	0	0	1	Nampa	Canyon County			(n/a)
	Vision Charter School Inc.	K-12	0	0	0	1	Caldwell	Canyon County			(n/a)
29^th	Wallace District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Silverton	Shoshone County	0.608	23	6
63^rd	Weiser District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Weiser	Washington County	0.371	82	19
97^th	Wendell District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Wendell	Gooding County	0.05	93	4
82^nd	West Bonner County District	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	1	Priest River	Bonner County	0.249		(n/a)
77^th	West Jefferson District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Terreton	Jefferson County	0.271	84	7
5^th	West Side Joint District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Dayton	Franklin County	0.861	5
	White Pine Charter School Inc.	K-12	0	0	0	1	Ammon	Bonneville County			(n/a)
	Whitepine Joint School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Deary	Latah County			(n/a)
	Wilder District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	1	Wilder	Canyon County			(n/a)
	Xavier Charter School Inc.	K-12	0	0	0	1	Twin Falls	Twin Falls County			(n/a)

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the Idaho Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 19, 2026, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Idaho Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Idaho Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Idaho Department of Education.