Best High Schools in Idaho

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 112)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
1	Renaissance High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	1307 East Central Drive	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	Yes	(n/a)	No	(208) 350-4380	662	44	15	18.9%	489 (73.9%)	6 (0.9%)	52 (7.9%)	74 (11.2%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.8%)	35 (5.3%)	$8,128			$609			$7,518	99.6			(n/a)		160210001000
2	Meridian Technical Charter High School	Public, Charter	9-12	3800 North Locust Grove Road	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 288-2928	206	14	14.7	15.5%	155 (75.2%)	1 (0.5%)	29 (14.1%)	3 (1.5%)	4 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (6.8%)	$11,232			$00			$11,232	98.9			(n/a)		160210000759
3	Meridian Medical Arts Charter	Public, Charter	9-12	1789 East Heritage Park Lane	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 855-4075	191	15	12.7	16.2%	139 (72.8%)	2 (1.0%)	32 (16.8%)	9 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	8 (4.2%)	$11,226			$00			$11,226	98.5			(n/a)		160210000804
4	Coeur D'Alene Charter Academy School	Public, Charter	6-12	4904 North Duncan Drive	Coeur D Alene	83815	Kootenai County	Coeur D'Alene Charter Academy Inc.	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 676-1667	593	33	17.8		485 (81.8%)	3 (0.5%)	44 (7.4%)	16 (2.7%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (6.9%)	$6,986			$114			$6,872	98.2	99.2	2	2		160017300765
5	Compass Public Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4667 West Aviator Street	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Compass Public Charter School Inc.	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 888-5847	1,265	68	18.6	24.6%	989 (78.2%)	14 (1.1%)	149 (11.8%)	43 (3.4%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	65 (5.1%)	$5,937			$683			$5,254	95.6	95.3	7	2		160000700864
6	Victory Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	9779 Kris Jensen Lane	Nampa	83686	Canyon County	Victory Charter School Inc.	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 442-9400	380	17	22.2	33.2%	307 (80.8%)	2 (0.5%)	42 (11.1%)	10 (2.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (4.5%)	$7,065			$852			$6,213	95	96.6	5	1		160000300858
7	Grangeville High School	Public	9-12	910 South D Street	Grangeville	83530	Idaho County	Mountain View School District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 983-0580	244	16	15.3	32.4%	212 (86.9%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (7.0%)	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.5%)	$14,997			$944			$14,053	94.6			(n/a)		160013900937
8	Liberty Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	9955 Kris Jensen Lane	Nampa	83686	Canyon County	Liberty Charter School Inc.	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 466-7952	398	17	23	27.4%	332 (83.4%)	4 (1.0%)	38 (9.5%)	8 (2.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	13 (3.3%)	$7,892			$1,140			$6,752	91.6	97.7	3	5		160001200867
9	Idaho Fine Arts Academy	Public, Magnet	6-12	915 East Central Drive	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	Yes	(n/a)	No	(208) 350-4420	260	16	16.1	18.5%	212 (81.5%)	1 (0.4%)	29 (11.2%)	2 (0.8%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.4%)	$9,056			$609			$8,447	89.6	96.5	6	3		160210001071
10	North Star Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	839 North Linder Road	Eagle	83616	Ada County	North Star Charter School Inc.	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 939-9600	1,022	46	22		829 (81.1%)	1 (0.1%)	117 (11.4%)	20 (2.0%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	49 (4.8%)	$6,410			$139			$6,271	88.5	97.4	4	6		160017400803

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on ISAT Math, ISAT Science, ISAT English Language Arts test scores released by the Idaho Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 26, 2025, 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.
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