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Valley View Elementary School

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Valley View Elementary School ranks 102 nd of 346 Idaho elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-6

102^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 346 Idaho Elementary Schools

Better than 71% of Idaho elementary schools

Summary

Valley View Elementary School, located in Boise, ID, is a PK–6 public school serving 330 students within the Boise Independent District. The school has shown a clear upward trajectory in recent years, rising from a 2-star rating to a 4-star rating in 2025–2026, placing it in the 71st percentile statewide. Its academic performance in math and English Language Arts now exceeds both the district and Idaho state averages, and chronic absenteeism has dropped dramatically to nearly half of what it was five years ago.

Students at Valley View are especially strong in reading and writing, with all-grades ELA proficiency at 64.0% — well above the district's 53.3% and the state's 54.0%. Math proficiency (51.9%) also tops district (46.4%) and state (43.1%) averages. Science has been a relative weakness but showed a major jump in 2025–2026, with 5th-grade science at 57.7%, beating the state by nearly 14 points. The school's ranking momentum is just as impressive: its percentile has climbed from 51st in 2024–2025 to 71st in 2025–2026, a remarkable 20-point jump in a single year.

What makes this achievement especially notable is the context. Nearly all of Valley View's students (97%) are eligible for free/reduced lunch, yet the school outperforms several nearby same-district schools with similar demographics, including Koelsch Elementary School, Horizon Elementary School, and Morley Nelson Elementary, which sit in the bottom 1–7% of the state. Valley View also does this while spending less per student than many neighbors. Its chronic absenteeism rate has fallen from 34.0% (2021–2022) to 17.6% (2025–2026), now below the district average. While schools like Summerwind STEM Academy and Frontier Elementary in Joint School District No. 2 post even higher scores, Valley View's combination of strong results, steady improvement, and efficient use of resources makes it a standout elementary option in Boise.

330

Students ?

16.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$8,939

Per pupil spending ?

97%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3555 North Milwaukee Street
Boise, ID 83704-4452

(208) 854-6370

District: Boise Independent District

Students who attend Valley View Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Fairmont Junior High School
High:	Capital Senior High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

70.0%

Hispanic:

19.4%

African American:

4.8%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 38th percentile in 2015 → 71st in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Idaho average (58% vs 47% meeting standards)

✓Ranking is trending up — up 33 percentile points since 2015

✓Above the Idaho median (71st percentile)

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school58%

District avg49%

Idaho avg47%

102^nd of 346

Idaho public elementary schools ?

Top 29%▲ up 31 pts since 2016

From bottom 40% (2016) to top 29% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

14^th of 31Elementary Schools in the Boise Independent District

41^st of 101Boise Independent District among Idaho districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Idaho percentile	Rating
2026	66.7	102 of 346	70.5%	★★★★☆
2025	49.5	165 of 337	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	53.6	135 of 301	55.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	53.7	114 of 252	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	59.5	72 of 188	61.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	42.9	99 of 171	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.1	140 of 254	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2017	38.9	188 of 292	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2016	40.3	145 of 240	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2015	39.5	141 of 226	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2013	68.7	95 of 357	73.4%	★★★★☆
2012	51.7	189 of 354	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2011	57.0	167 of 359	53.5%	★★★☆☆
2010	53.9	181 of 356	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2009	65.8	107 of 349	69.3%	★★★☆☆
2008	65.9	97 of 335	71.0%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Idaho percentile	Rating
2018	33.3	86 of 121	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Idaho percentile	Rating
2018	44.5	78 of 121	35.5%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Male (2018)36th percentile-9 vs school

Female (2018)29th percentile-16 vs school

By subject vs Idaho (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts64%+10 vs state

Science58%+14 vs state

Math52%+9 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ISAT Math (2026)							ISAT Science (2026)			ISAT English Language Arts (2026)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISAT Math 3rd Grade	ISAT Math 4th Grade	ISAT Math 5th Grade	ISAT Math 6th Grade	ISAT Math 7th Grade	ISAT Math 8th Grade	ISAT Math All Grades	ISAT Science 5th Grade	ISAT Science 8th Grade	ISAT Science All Grades	ISAT English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ISAT English Language Arts 4th Grade	ISAT English Language Arts 5th Grade	ISAT English Language Arts 6th Grade	ISAT English Language Arts 7th Grade	ISAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	ISAT English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Valley View Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	3555 North Milwaukee Street	Boise	83704	Ada County	Boise Independent District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 854-6370	330	20	16.1	97.0%	231 (70.0%)	16 (4.8%)	64 (19.4%)	5 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.2%)	66.7	102^nd of 346 public elementary schools	70.5%		49.5	165^th of 337 public elementary schools	51.0%	63	51.4	57.4	49.0	48.9			51.9	57.7			51.4	63.0	74.5	63.0			64.0	$8,939	$664	$8,274
Mountain View Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	3500 Cabarton Lane	Boise	83704	Ada County	Boise Independent District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 854-5700	292	20	14.8		213 (72.9%)	14 (4.8%)	39 (13.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	21 (7.2%)	52.8	159^th of 346 public elementary schools	54.0%		69.7	88^th of 337 public elementary schools	73.9%	71	45.9	64.4	32.6	57.1			50.3	41.9			51.4	64.4	48.8	57.1			55.7	$9,505	$1,321	$8,183
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%)	3.4	344^th of 346 public elementary schools	0.6%		4.9	330^th of 337 public elementary schools	2.1%	14	14.5	27.3	11.1	14.8			16.3	18.5			20.0	27.3	22.2	27.9			24.2	$10,218	$1,645	$8,573
Summerwind Stem Academy	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	3675 North Jullion Way	Boise	83704	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 375-0210	370	26	14.4	40.8%	258 (69.7%)	30 (8.1%)	55 (14.9%)	6 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.4%)	93.7	14^th of 346 public elementary schools	96.0%		84.5	48^th of 337 public elementary schools	85.8%	34	82.3	77.3	66.1				75.3	67.7			79.0	78.8	74.2				77.4	$6,805	$988	$5,817
McMillan Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	10901 McMillan	Boise	83713	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 855-4475	241	20	12.3	55.6%	165 (68.5%)	6 (2.5%)	39 (16.2%)	11 (4.6%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (7.5%)	61.7	117^th of 346 public elementary schools	66.2%		60.9	114^th of 337 public elementary schools	66.2%	3		57.5					57.3	50.0				53.7					54.4	$8,919	$1,510	$7,410
Anser Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	202 East 42nd Street	Garden City	83714	Ada County	Anser Of Idaho Inc.	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 426-9840	573	34	16.8	32.5%	463 (80.8%)	3 (0.5%)	68 (11.9%)	3 (0.5%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	30 (5.2%)	50.9	166^th of 346 public elementary schools	52.0%		53.2	144^th of 337 public elementary schools	57.3%	22	45.8	63.5	52.1	33.3	37.0	39.3	46.2	44.4	41.0	42.9	52.1	64.8	60.3	37.3	53.3	42.6	52.1
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%)	6.8	336^th of 346 public elementary schools	2.9%		3.9	336^th of 337 public elementary schools	0.3%		10.6	23.5	25.0	28.2			21.5	30.2			12.8	27.5	37.8	17.9			24.2	$10,259	$1,897	$8,362
Future Public School	Public, Charter	K-6	511 East 43rd Street	Garden City	83714	Ada County	Future Public School Inc.	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 854-3923	376	18	20.8	46.5%	241 (64.1%)	26 (6.9%)	66 (17.6%)	9 (2.4%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	30 (8.0%)	60.3	125^th of 346 public elementary schools	63.9%		63.2	104^th of 337 public elementary schools	69.1%	21	57.9	55.4	45.6	43.2			51.1	50.9			57.1	55.4	58.6	65.9			58.7	$10,556	$1,824	$8,732
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%)	13.8	321^st of 346 public elementary schools	7.2%		10	316^th of 337 public elementary schools	6.2%	5	32.8	28.8	14.9	32.9			27.4	20.9			46.3	32.2	28.4	42.0			37.4	$10,030	$1,515	$8,515
Pierce Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	5015 North Pierce Park Lane	Boise	83714	Ada County	Boise Independent District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 854-5880	233	16	14.1	34.3%	184 (79.0%)	4 (1.7%)	30 (12.9%)	5 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.3%)	34.2	232^nd of 346 public elementary schools	32.9%		42.8	195^th of 337 public elementary schools	42.1%	37	28.6	50.0	44.4	34.5			39.8	46.4			28.6	53.8	53.6	41.4			45.2	$9,623	$652	$8,970

Frequently Asked Questions about Valley View Elementary School

What district is Valley View Elementary School in?

Boise Independent District

What schools do graduates of Valley View Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Valley View Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Fairmont Junior High School
High : Capital Senior High School

What is the racial makeup of Valley View Elementary School?

Students at Valley View Elementary School are 70% White, 19% Hispanic, 5% African American, 4% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Is Valley View Elementary School a good school?

Valley View Elementary School ranks 102^nd of 346 Idaho elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Valley View Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 330 students attended Valley View Elementary School.

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