Schools in Zip Code 83350

Zip code 83350 in Rupert, Idaho, is served by 5 schools in the Minidoka County Joint District — 2 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, and 1 high school — enrolling 2,595 students. The district ranks 94th out of 101 Idaho districts (7th percentile) with a 0-star rating, yet the five schools vary considerably within that low overall baseline.

Minico Senior High School is the academic standout: its English Language Arts proficiency of 56.2% exceeds the Idaho state average of 53.9%, making it the only school here to beat the state in any subject. It also leads the group with a 29th-percentile ranking and a 12.1% absenteeism rate. However, math proficiency is just 18.9% versus the state's 43.1%. Among elementary schools, Rupert Elementary School is the stronger choice, with math proficiency of 33.3% and 5th-grade science of 30.9%, both above district averages and well ahead of Acequia Elementary School, which ranks in the 2nd percentile after falling from the 12th in a few years. Minidoka Junior High Alternative faces the most severe struggles: 42.6% chronic absenteeism, an 80.6% free/reduced lunch rate, and just 10.6% ELA proficiency, despite having the smallest class sizes at a 9.2 student-teacher ratio.

Math is the district's most pressing weakness — no school here approaches the 43.1% state average, with Minico Senior High the lowest at 18.9% and Rupert Elementary the highest at 33.3%. Poverty does not fully explain outcomes: Acequia Elementary has the lowest free/reduced lunch rate at 51.8% yet still posts the second-lowest ELA scores, while higher-poverty Rupert Elementary performs better. East Minico Middle School keeps absenteeism low at 9.4% but remains in the 5th percentile and has been slipping from the 9th. With Minico Senior High's graduation rate at 82.5% and per-pupil spending between $7,467 and $8,542, the district has structural resources to build on — but the declining rankings at the elementary and middle school levels are a clear warning sign for the entire pipeline.