Best Schools in Idaho

School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2026 vs 2025)					ID
Rank (of 346)	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 (2025)	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 (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Rank (2025)	Rank Change from 2025	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	ID
301	Whitney Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1609 South Owyhee Street	Boise	83705	Ada County	Boise Independent District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 854-6580	469	27	17	97.9%	212 (45.2%)	39 (8.3%)	188 (40.1%)	4 (0.9%)	4 (0.9%)	3 (0.6%)	19 (4.1%)	$9,659			$1,588			$8,070	18	17.1	293	8		160036000078
302	Popplewell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	200 North 6th Avenue	Buhl	83316	Twin Falls County	Buhl Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 543-8225	542	31	17.4	59.4%	341 (62.9%)	0 (0.0%)	194 (35.8%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$8,001			$1,587			$6,414	18	16.8	295	7		160048000101
303	Northwest Expedition Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	2008 Prairie Avenue	Coeur D Alene	83815	Kootenai County	Coeur D'Alene District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 763-0800	379	24	15.6	49.3%	308 (81.3%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (9.2%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.3%)	27 (7.1%)	$8,905			$1,664			$7,241	17.7	30.8	241	62		160078001089
304	Endeavor Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2824 East Powerline Road	Nampa	83687	Canyon County	Nampa School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 468-4629	589	37	15.9	71.0%	246 (41.8%)	1 (0.2%)	303 (51.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.1%)	$7,330			$1,593			$5,736	17.7	13.1	308	4		160234000947
305	Rupert Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	202 18th Street	Rupert	83350	Minidoka County	Minidoka County Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 436-9707	620	28	21.9	69.7%	282 (45.5%)	0 (0.0%)	329 (53.1%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	$7,467			$1,464			$6,002	17.6	21	279	26		160219000666
306	Whittier Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	301 North 29th Street	Boise	83702	Ada County	Boise Independent District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 854-6630	490	30	16	98.4%	216 (44.1%)	29 (5.9%)	195 (39.8%)	10 (2.0%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	34 (6.9%)	$9,813			$1,743			$8,071	16.6	18.5	286	20		160036000079
307	Shoshone Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	61 East Highway 24	Shoshone	83352	Lincoln County	Shoshone Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 886-2381	234	13	18	65.8%	91 (38.9%)	4 (1.7%)	136 (58.1%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,223			$1,474			$6,748	16.2	31.9	234	73		160294000512
308	A H Bush Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-6	380 West Anderson Street	Idaho Falls	83402	Bonneville County	Idaho Falls District	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 525-7602	315	19	16.5	81.0%	182 (57.8%)	0 (0.0%)	120 (38.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.5%)	$7,055			$1,129			$5,926	16	19.6	282	26		160153000252
309	Glenns Ferry Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	639 North Bannock Street	Glenns Ferry	83623	Elmore County	Glenns Ferry Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 366-7435	139	11	12.2	66.2%	79 (56.8%)	1 (0.7%)	54 (38.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.9%)	$10,309			$1,778			$8,531	15.9	15.5	304	5		160123000219
310	Boundary County Online School	Public	K-8	145 Schoolhouse Road	Naples	83805	Boundary County	Boundary County District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(208) 267-3146	105	2	52.5		99 (94.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								15.5			(n/a)		160042001191
311	Horizon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	934 10th Avenue East	Jerome	83338	Jerome County	Jerome Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 324-4841	486	27	17.9	66.3%	186 (38.3%)	1 (0.2%)	290 (59.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (1.0%)	$7,728			$1,352			$6,376	14.9	4.7	331	20		160159000272
312	Heritage Community Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	1803 East Ustick Road	Caldwell	83605	Canyon County	Heritage Community Charter School Inc.	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 453-8070	512	24	21.3	66.4%	128 (25.0%)	1 (0.2%)	378 (73.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	$6,084			$917			$5,167	14.8	8.5	325	13		160016101021
313	Alturas Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1111 Woodside Elementary Lane	Hailey	83333	Blaine County	Blaine County District	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 578-5090	445	36	12.4	53.3%	127 (28.5%)	0 (0.0%)	315 (70.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$15,226			$895			$14,330	14.6	10.5	313			160030000908
314	Wilson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	400 East Linden	Caldwell	83605	Canyon County	Caldwell District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 455-3313	406	29	13.9	78.3%	145 (35.7%)	2 (0.5%)	242 (59.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.7%)	$8,024			$1,440			$6,584	14.5	17.1	294	20		160051000609
315	White Pine Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1900 Hiland Avenue	Burley	83318	Cassia County	Cassia County Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 878-6632	553	29	19	58.0%	310 (56.1%)	4 (0.7%)	230 (41.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (0.9%)	$7,843			$1,133			$6,710	14.4	12.5	309	6		160066000387
316	Paul Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	201 North 1st Street West	Paul	83347	Minidoka County	Minidoka County Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 438-2211	457	23	19.6	54.3%	236 (51.6%)	0 (0.0%)	216 (47.3%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$6,657			$1,194			$5,463	14.3	23.9	270	46		160219000641
317	Sugar-Salem Online	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	10 North Cutler	Sugar City	83448	Madison County	Sugar-Salem Joint District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(208) 356-4437	688	13	54		605 (87.9%)	4 (0.6%)	54 (7.8%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	19 (2.8%)								14.2	4.5	333	16		160309001177
318	Inspire Virtual Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	9550 West Bethel Court	Boise	83709	Ada County	Inspire Academics Inc.	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 322-4002	1,210	37	32.3		882 (72.9%)	10 (0.8%)	226 (18.7%)	16 (1.3%)	16 (1.3%)	3 (0.2%)	57 (4.7%)	$6,932			$401			$6,531	14.2	9.6	319	1		160001100866
319	Sherman Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1521 East Sherman Avenue	Nampa	83686	Canyon County	Nampa School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 468-4628	468	29	16.1	63.2%	228 (48.7%)	1 (0.2%)	205 (43.8%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (1.1%)	25 (5.3%)	$8,277			$1,870			$6,406	14.1	9.2	320	1		160234000379
320	Idaho Home Learning Academy Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	195 South 300 East	Malad City	83252	Oneida County	Oneida County District	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 534-6080	7,764	230	33.6		6,456 (83.2%)	32 (0.4%)	1,192 (15.4%)	42 (0.5%)	24 (0.3%)	9 (0.1%)	9 (0.1%)	$3,749			$64			$3,685	14	12.3	310	10		160249001094
321	Horizon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	730 North Mitchell	Boise	83704	Ada County	Boise Independent District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 854-5170	472	27	17.7	98.3%	238 (50.4%)	22 (4.7%)	161 (34.1%)	24 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (5.5%)	$10,030			$1,515			$8,515	13.8	10	316	5		160036000009
322	Taft Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	3722 Anderson Street	Boise	83703	Ada County	Boise Independent District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 854-6180	301	19	15.4	97.3%	150 (49.8%)	72 (23.9%)	38 (12.6%)	27 (9.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (4.0%)	$12,390			$2,517			$9,873	13.8	8.6	324	2		160036000074
323	Ethel Boyes Elementary School	Public	K-6	1875 Brentwood Drive	Idaho Falls	83402	Bonneville County	Idaho Falls District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 525-7630	516	24	21	66.3%	282 (54.7%)	1 (0.2%)	203 (39.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.2%)	$6,562			$1,154			$5,408	13.3	5	329	6		160153000260
324	Jefferson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	200 South Latah Street	Boise	83705	Ada County	Boise Independent District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 854-5260	228	16	13.8	98.7%	124 (54.4%)	34 (14.9%)	47 (20.6%)	9 (3.9%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.3%)	$12,207			$3,030			$9,177	11.4	17.4	292	32		160036000059
325	Blackfoot Charter Community	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	92 North 415 West	Blackfoot	83221	Bingham County	Blackfoot Charter Community Learning Center Inc.	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 782-0744	433	25	17.3	59.4%	294 (67.9%)	4 (0.9%)	95 (21.9%)	3 (0.7%)	16 (3.7%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (4.6%)	$5,432			$430			$5,002	11.1	8.7	323	2		160015300796
326	Van Buren Elementary School	Public	K-4	3115 Marble Front Road	Caldwell	83605	Canyon County	Caldwell District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 455-3326	458	27	16.9		148 (32.3%)	7 (1.5%)	284 (62.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.7%)	$7,967			$1,386			$6,581	10.8	9.9	317	9		160051000107
327	Wendell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	232 N Boise Street	Wendell	83355	Gooding County	Wendell District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 536-6611	429	23	18.6	80.2%	170 (39.6%)	2 (0.5%)	248 (57.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)	$7,632			$1,758			$5,873	10.8	10.5	314	13		160336000570
328	Heyburn Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1151 7th Street	Heyburn	83336	Minidoka County	Minidoka County Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 679-2400	508	25	20.1	66.9%	251 (49.4%)	2 (0.4%)	249 (49.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$6,843			$1,356			$5,486	10.5	16.7	297	31		160219000382
329	Garfield Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1914 Broadway Avenue	Boise	83706	Ada County	Boise Independent District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 854-4950	278	20	13.7	96.8%	138 (49.6%)	46 (16.5%)	60 (21.6%)	17 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.1%)	$13,098			$2,388			$10,710	9.7	7.7	326	3		160036000053
330	Lincoln Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	238 Buhl Street North	Twin Falls	83301	Twin Falls County	Twin Falls District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 733-1321	327	26	12.8	64.5%	138 (42.2%)	28 (8.6%)	140 (42.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.2%)	15 (4.6%)	$7,733			$1,549			$6,184	9.5	15.8	301	29		160324000550
331	Harrison Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	600 Harrison Street	Twin Falls	83301	Twin Falls County	Twin Falls District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 733-4229	383	24	15.9	66.8%	195 (50.9%)	28 (7.3%)	133 (34.7%)	4 (1.0%)	2 (0.5%)	7 (1.8%)	14 (3.7%)	$9,238			$1,897			$7,341	9.4	4	334	3		160324000549
332	Riverbend Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	730 East Walker Street	Blackfoot	83221	Bingham County	Blackfoot District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 785-8832	403	21	19.1	49.4%	236 (58.6%)	0 (0.0%)	90 (22.3%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (15.4%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (3.5%)	$7,202			$900			$6,301	9.1	20.3	280	52		160027000028
333	Hillcrest Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2045 South Pond Street	Boise	83705	Ada County	Boise Independent District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 854-5080	299	19	15.3	98.7%	179 (59.9%)	43 (14.4%)	46 (15.4%)	12 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.4%)	$10,972			$1,876			$9,096	8.5	15.2	305	28		160036000056
334	East Canyon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	18408 Northside Boulevard	Nampa	83687	Canyon County	Vallivue School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 453-4512	799	35	22.8	51.7%	419 (52.4%)	19 (2.4%)	318 (39.8%)	2 (0.3%)	9 (1.1%)	5 (0.6%)	27 (3.4%)	$7,529			$1,066			$6,463	7.3	25.6	262	72		160060000115
335	Mountain View Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	333 West 27th Street	Burley	83318	Cassia County	Cassia County Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 878-6608	471	23	20.3	62.8%	222 (47.1%)	0 (0.0%)	235 (49.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.1%)	$7,862			$1,124			$6,738	6.8	6.3	328	7		160066000130
336	Koelsch Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2015 North Curtis Road	Boise	83706	Ada County	Boise Independent District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 854-5300	321	22	14.7	95.6%	161 (50.2%)	46 (14.3%)	85 (26.5%)	10 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	14 (4.4%)	$10,259			$1,897			$8,362	6.8	3.9	336			160036000060
337	Oregon Trail Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	660 Park Avenue	Twin Falls	83301	Twin Falls County	Twin Falls District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 733-8480	496	32	15.5	59.7%	236 (47.6%)	19 (3.8%)	219 (44.2%)	7 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.8%)	$7,410			$1,500			$5,909	6.7	13.8	307	30		160324000316
338	Frontier Elementary School	Public	K-5	525 South Tiger Drive	Jerome	83338	Jerome County	Jerome Joint District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(208) 332-6800	475	24	19.7	65.3%	204 (42.9%)	2 (0.4%)	263 (55.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)								6.1			(n/a)		160159001175
339	Payette Primary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1320 3rd Avenue North	Payette	83661	Payette County	Payette Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 642-3379	477	25	19	71.3%	310 (65.0%)	0 (0.0%)	149 (31.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.4%)	$7,674			$1,993			$5,681	5.6	8.9	322	17		160258000171
340	Acequia Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	360 N 350 E	Rupert	83350	Minidoka County	Minidoka County Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 436-6985	253	12	21	51.8%	171 (67.6%)	0 (0.0%)	81 (32.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,204			$1,504			$6,700	5.2	11.8	312	28		160219000380
341	Summit Elementary	Public	K-5	200 10th Avenue West	Jerome	83338	Jerome County	Jerome Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 324-3396	460	24	19.1	75.0%	140 (30.4%)	2 (0.4%)	311 (67.6%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	$6,399			$1,112			$5,287	4.8	2.1	337	4		160159000972
342	Washington Elementary School	Public	K-4	2918 Washington Avenue	Caldwell	83605	Canyon County	Caldwell District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 455-3317	481	29	16.6	78.4%	182 (37.8%)	5 (1.0%)	270 (56.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (4.2%)	$7,860			$1,714			$6,146	4.5	4.5	332	10		160051000108
343	I B Perrine Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	452 Caswell Avenue West	Twin Falls	83301	Twin Falls County	Twin Falls District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 733-4288	359	27	13.2	66.3%	229 (63.8%)	24 (6.7%)	74 (20.6%)	5 (1.4%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.1%)	15 (4.2%)	$6,790			$1,205			$5,585	3.8	4	335	8		160324000660
344	Morley Nelson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	7701 West Northview Street	Boise	83704	Ada County	Boise Independent District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 854-4610	392	23	16.9	97.7%	179 (45.7%)	52 (13.3%)	122 (31.1%)	18 (4.6%)	3 (0.8%)	4 (1.0%)	14 (3.6%)	$10,218			$1,645			$8,573	3.4	4.9	330	14		160036000980
345	Lewis And Clark Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	1102 Laster Street	Caldwell	83605	Canyon County	Caldwell District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 455-3345	348	22	15.9	73.9%	98 (28.2%)	1 (0.3%)	241 (69.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.0%)	$8,562			$1,443			$7,119	3.1			(n/a)		160051000835
346	Sacajawea Elementary School	Public	K-4	1710 North Illinois	Caldwell	83605	Canyon County	Caldwell District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 455-3333	362	25	14.4	73.5%	79 (21.8%)	0 (0.0%)	269 (74.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.7%)	$7,562			$1,297			$6,265	2			(n/a)		160051000731

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