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Best High Schools in Zip Code 83263

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Summary:

The 83263 zip code area is home to two high schools: Preston High School and Franklin County High School. While Preston High School has consistently performed well, ranking as high as 34th out of 101 Idaho high schools, Franklin County High School has struggled, ranking near the bottom of the state.

Preston Joint District schools have maintained a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating above-average performance, while Franklin County High School has received a 0-star rating. Preston High School has a much larger student population of 723 students, compared to just 54 students at Franklin County High School. Both schools had an 82.3% four-year graduation rate and a 15.0% chronic absenteeism rate in 2023-2024, suggesting that these metrics may not be the primary drivers of the performance differences.

Socioeconomic factors may play a role, as Franklin County High School has a much higher percentage of free/reduced lunch recipients at 48.15%, compared to 26.69% at Preston High School. Additionally, Franklin County High School had a higher per-student spending of $9,420 in 2018-2019, compared to $6,117 at Preston High School, but this did not translate into better academic outcomes. The data indicates that Preston High School is the stronger-performing school, and there may be opportunities to learn from its practices and apply them to improve the performance of Franklin County High School.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				ISAT Science (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 ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISAT Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Preston High School	Public	9-12	151 East 2nd South	Preston	83263	Franklin County	Preston Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 852-0280	679	35	19.2	34.5%	583 (85.9%)	2 (0.3%)	73 (10.8%)	1 (0.1%)	10 (1.5%)	4 (0.6%)	6 (0.9%)								(n/a)	46.5	$6,117	$697	$5,421
Franklin County High School	Public	9-12	11 S 100 W	Preston	83263	Franklin County	Preston Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 852-2272	43	0		53.5%	36 (83.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (14.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)		$9,420	$604	$8,817

Cities Near Zip Code 83263

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Preston	10.16 mi	5
Dayton	14.03 mi	3	8^th
Paris	18.2 mi	2	90^th
Downey	23.98 mi	1
Montpelier	24.16 mi	4

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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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