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Theresa Bunker Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-6

277^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 337 Idaho Elementary Schools

Better than 18% of Idaho elementary schools

Summary

Theresa Bunker Elementary School is a public elementary school in Idaho Falls District, serving grades PK-6 with a student population of 296. The school has faced significant challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates, low academic performance, and a high proportion of economically disadvantaged students.

Theresa Bunker Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Idaho elementary schools, with a ranking as low as 354 out of 359 in the 2010-2011 school year. The school's academic performance, as measured by ISAT test scores, is below state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates in math, science, and English language arts were 33.8%, 30.6%, and 42.8%, respectively, compared to the state averages of 43.1%, 42.6%, and 53.9%. Additionally, the school has struggled with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 15.0% to 26.9% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average.

When comparing Theresa Bunker Elementary to other nearby schools in the Idaho Falls District, it consistently underperforms. For instance, Longfellow Elementary, which is just 1.17 miles away, has significantly higher test scores and a lower chronic absenteeism rate. Addressing the challenges faced by Theresa Bunker Elementary will likely require a comprehensive approach, including strategies to improve student engagement, provide targeted academic support, and address the needs of the school's economically disadvantaged population.

297

Students ?

18.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$7,241

Per pupil spending ?

73.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1385 East 16th Street
Idaho Falls, ID 83404-5476

(208) 525-7606

District: Idaho Falls District

Students who attend Theresa Bunker Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Taylorview Middle School
High:	Idaho Falls Senior High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

65.0%

Hispanic:

26.3%

Two or more races:

8.1%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 1st percentile in 2011 → 18th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 17 percentile points since 2011

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Idaho average (38% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (18th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (25% vs 15% Idaho)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school38%

District avg44%

Idaho avg47%

277^th of 337

Idaho public elementary schools ?

Bottom 18%▼ down 11 pts since 2016

From bottom 28% (2016) to bottom 18% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

8^th of 12Elementary Schools in the Idaho Falls District

61^st of 96Idaho Falls 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
2025	21.4	277 of 337	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.9	228 of 301	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	38.3	161 of 252	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	16.5	150 of 171	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.1	198 of 254	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	29.9	218 of 292	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	30.3	172 of 240	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	27.8	301 of 357	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	12.4	340 of 354	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	8.3	354 of 359	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	16.7	338 of 356	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	17.4	323 of 349	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	22.8	297 of 335	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Idaho percentile	Rating
2024	28.7	96 of 135	28.9%	★★☆☆☆

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)29th percentile+5 vs school

By subject vs Idaho (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts43%-11 vs state

Math34%-9 vs state

Science31%-12 vs state

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by a parent
Friday, March 13, 2009

The school has many problems ranging from the lack of appropriate building security to the lack of teacher training and support. Students are clustered in classes for their core courses thereby allowing those excelling to move-up grade levels, but also allowing other children to move down grade levels. This could have advantages, but it appears it is easier to move kids down than to bring them up. This school failed to teach my child to read and my child was taught to do so at home.

As a parent, I was shocked to find out the misinformation that was being taught in history/social studies and science. My elder child's first year covered content that was at or below the instruction she had received the prior year in a different state. These are also the same teachers that complained to the class that they did not get paid enough (sadly true) and were working 2nd jobs.

This school has struggled long enough--get new leadership or close it already! Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ISAT Math (2025)					ISAT Science (2025)		ISAT English Language Arts (2025)					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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISAT Math 3rd Grade	ISAT Math 4th Grade	ISAT Math 5th Grade	ISAT Math 6th Grade	ISAT Math All Grades	ISAT Science 5th 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 All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Theresa Bunker Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1385 East 16th Street	Idaho Falls	83404	Bonneville County	Idaho Falls District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 525-7606	297	16	18.5	73.1%	193 (65.0%)	1 (0.3%)	78 (26.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (8.1%)	21.4	277^th of 337 public elementary schools	17.8%		23.9	228^th of 301 public elementary schools	24.3%	49	40.0	27.0	25.7	39.1	33.8	30.6	30.6	39.0	35.1	50.0	45.7	42.8	$7,241	$1,057	$6,184
Edgemont Gardens Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1240 Azalea Drive	Idaho Falls	83404	Bonneville County	Idaho Falls District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 525-7618	560	25	22.4	44.3%	432 (77.1%)	1 (0.2%)	91 (16.3%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	6 (1.1%)	24 (4.3%)	43	193^rd of 337 public elementary schools	42.7%		45.3	166^th of 301 public elementary schools	44.9%	27	40.8	47.3	39.1	43.4	42.8	47.8	47.8	36.6	54.3	54.3	61.8	52.3	$6,368	$914	$5,455
Linden Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1305 9th Street	Idaho Falls	83404	Bonneville County	Idaho Falls District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 525-7642	404	20	20.2	69.8%	272 (67.3%)	1 (0.2%)	103 (25.5%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (5.7%)	22.7	272^nd of 337 public elementary schools	19.3%		24.3	225^th of 301 public elementary schools	25.2%	47	44.4	26.2	31.7	28.8	33.2	33.3	33.3	41.3	48.4	50.0	34.6	43.4	$7,272	$1,109	$6,163
Virtual Preparatory Academy Of Idaho - Elementary	Public	K-6	690 John Adams Parkway	Idaho Falls	83401	Bonneville County	Idaho Falls District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 525-7500	0	4	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Dora Erickson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	850 Cleveland Street	Idaho Falls	83401	Bonneville County	Idaho Falls District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 525-7612	436	23	18.9	82.1%	244 (56.0%)	6 (1.4%)	164 (37.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.1%)	9.9	318^th of 337 public elementary schools	5.6%		13.9	257^th of 301 public elementary schools	14.6%	61	30.4	29.5	19.6	21.4	25.4			38.3	36.1	28.1	33.3	33.8	$8,165	$1,707	$6,459
Longfellow Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2500 South Higbee Avenue	Idaho Falls	83404	Bonneville County	Idaho Falls District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 525-7648	577	24	24.0	39.9%	465 (80.6%)	4 (0.7%)	83 (14.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.2%)	45.4	187^th of 337 public elementary schools	44.5%		51.6	143^rd of 301 public elementary schools	52.5%	44	38.9	55.1	42.0	44.3	44.8	49.4	49.4	41.1	59.0	48.1	61.5	52.0	$5,960	$861	$5,099
Hawthorne Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1520 South Boulvevard	Idaho Falls	83402	Bonneville County	Idaho Falls District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 525-7636	383	19	20.1	67.1%	258 (67.4%)	2 (0.5%)	104 (27.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.4%)	15.6	302^nd of 337 public elementary schools	10.4%		11.4	271^st of 301 public elementary schools	10.0%	31	33.3	36.8	30.3	39.5	35.1	33.3	33.3	31.8	26.3	27.3	43.2	32.2	$7,785	$1,179	$6,607
Falls Valley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2455 Virlow Drive	Idaho Falls	83401	Bonneville County	Bonneville Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 525-4455	443	27	16.6	57.3%	310 (70.0%)	5 (1.1%)	114 (25.7%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.3%)	50.1	160^th of 337 public elementary schools	52.5%		41.4	175^th of 301 public elementary schools	41.9%	15	65.5	36.5	51.2	56.0	52.7	31.0	31.0	53.4	45.3	53.5	56.9	52.2	$9,076	$1,417	$7,659
Alturas International Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	151 North Ridge Avenue	Idaho Falls	83402	Bonneville County	Alturas International Academy Inc.	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 522-5145	572	25	22.4	33.6%	414 (72.4%)	4 (0.7%)	113 (19.8%)	20 (3.5%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	16 (2.8%)	54.7	139^th of 337 public elementary schools	58.8%		62.3	106^th of 301 public elementary schools	64.8%	33	42.1	52.2	47.8		47.3	53.3	53.3	47.4	60.4	67.0		58.1	$6,935	$380	$6,555
Hillview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	3075 Teton Street	Ammon	83406	Bonneville County	Bonneville Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 525-4460	417	23	18.1	62.8%	306 (73.4%)	1 (0.2%)	90 (21.6%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.4%)	42.4	197^th of 337 public elementary schools	41.5%		52.9	137^th of 301 public elementary schools	54.5%	60	40.7	42.9	46.4	53.8	46.2	42.9	42.9	38.9	38.1	53.6	64.6	49.2	$6,712	$953	$5,760

Frequently Asked Questions about Theresa Bunker Elementary School

What district is Theresa Bunker Elementary School in?

Idaho Falls District

Is Theresa Bunker Elementary School a good school?

Theresa Bunker Elementary School ranks in the bottom 17.8% of Idaho elementary schools.

How many students attend Theresa Bunker Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 297 students attended Theresa Bunker Elementary School.

What schools do graduates of Theresa Bunker Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Theresa Bunker Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Taylorview Middle School
High : Idaho Falls Senior High School

What is the racial makeup of Theresa Bunker Elementary School?

Students at Theresa Bunker Elementary School are 65% White, 26% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races.

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