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Tiebreaker Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-6
270th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 350 Idaho Elementary Schools
Better than 23% of Idaho elementary schools
Summary

Tiebreaker Elementary School, a PK–6 school in Idaho Falls, ID, serves 379 students and is part of the Bonneville Joint District. The school currently holds a 1-star rating, ranking 266th out of 346 elementary schools statewide (23rd percentile) for the 2025–2026 school year. With 62.27% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, Tiebreaker serves a high-poverty population—among the highest in its immediate cluster.

Reading is the school's biggest academic concern. Only 40.9% of Tiebreaker students are proficient in English Language Arts, about 13 points below the state average (54%) and far behind nearby Discovery Elementary School, where 64.9% of students are proficient. Math proficiency (37.9%) also trails the state (43.1%), though the gap is narrower. Chronic absenteeism is another red flag: 20.3% of students are chronically absent, well above both the district (13.4%) and state (13.8%) rates. This means roughly one in five students is missing enough school to fall behind in foundational skills.

Interestingly, Tiebreaker has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 17.2—better than Discovery, Ammon Elementary School, and Cloverdale Elementary School—yet outcomes lag. The comparison with Hillview Elementary School is telling: Hillview has nearly identical poverty (62.83% free/reduced lunch) and slightly higher absenteeism, yet outperforms Tiebreaker in both math (39.8% vs. 37.9%) and ELA (49.5% vs. 40.9%). Tiebreaker's decline has been sharp—from the 80th percentile in 2016–2017 to the 23rd percentile today—but the success of similar schools suggests that targeted literacy support and attendance interventions could reverse the trend.

379
Students ?
17.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$6,966
Per pupil spending ?
62.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 3100 First Street
       Idaho Falls, ID  83401-4550

(208) 525-4480

District: Bonneville Joint District


Students who attend Tiebreaker Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Sandcreek Middle School
High:    Bonneville Online School
    Hillcrest High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
65.4%
Hispanic:
29.6%
Two or more races:
3.4%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 62nd percentile in 2016 → 23rd in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Idaho average (40% vs 47% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (23rd percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 39 percentile points since 2016
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school40%
District avg46%
Idaho avg47%
270th of 350
Idaho public elementary schools ?
Bottom 23%▼ down 40 pts since 2016
From top 38% (2016) to bottom 23% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
14th of 14Elementary Schools in the Bonneville Joint District
54th of 104Bonneville Joint 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIdaho percentileRating
202627.0270 of 35022.9%★☆☆☆☆
202536.1222 of 33734.1%★★☆☆☆
202434.4199 of 30133.9%★★☆☆☆
202325.6191 of 25224.2%★☆☆☆☆
202235.6124 of 18834.0%★★☆☆☆
202122.6132 of 16620.5%★☆☆☆☆
201923.2136 of 17120.5%★☆☆☆☆
201852.4120 of 25452.8%★★★☆☆
201777.158 of 29280.1%★★★★☆
201664.690 of 24062.5%★★★☆☆
201574.256 of 22675.2%★★★★☆
201365.4116 of 35767.5%★★★☆☆
201266.1106 of 35470.1%★★★★☆
201163.8121 of 35966.3%★★★☆☆
201061.1143 of 35659.8%★★★☆☆
200962.4122 of 34965.0%★★★☆☆
200838.5237 of 33529.3%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIdaho percentileRating
202450.263 of 13553.3%★★★☆☆
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)
White (2024)53rd percentile+19 vs school
By subject vs Idaho (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts41%-13 vs state
Science41%-3 vs state
Math38%-5 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Tiebreaker Elementary School

Students at Tiebreaker Elementary School are 65% White, 30% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races.

Students who attend Tiebreaker Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Sandcreek Middle School
High : Bonneville Online School
High : Hillcrest High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 379 students attended Tiebreaker Elementary School.

Tiebreaker Elementary School ranks in the bottom 22.9% of Idaho elementary schools.

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Latest Idaho data All new data »
2025–26 attendance dataAug 19, 2026
2025–26 ISAT test scoresAug 19, 2026
2024–25 attendance data & graduation ratesJan 19, 2026
2024–25 ISAT test scoresAug 26, 2025


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

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