Summary:
Zip code 83350 is home to a single public high school, Minico Senior High School, serving grades 9 through 12 in Rupert, Idaho, with an enrollment of 1,203 students. The school is part of the Minidoka County Joint District, a district ranked in the 7th percentile statewide with a 0-star rating. Since Minico is the only high school in the zip code, this analysis focuses entirely on its performance relative to the district and state.
Minico Senior High School shows a dramatic split in academic performance. Its English Language Arts proficiency rate of 56.2% exceeds the state average of 53.9% and is well above the district's 39.3%. However, math proficiency sits at just 18.9%, less than half the state average of 43.1%, and science proficiency is 22.3% versus the state's 42.6%. The school's graduation rate matches both the district and state at 82.5%. Chronic absenteeism is a relative strength at 12.1%, better than the state's 13.8% and the district's 14.5%. About 52.9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 19.6 to 1. Per-student spending was $8,542 in 2018–2019.
In recent state rankings, Minico has hovered near the 29th percentile in 2023–2024 (ranked 113 out of 159) and 2021–2022, with a brief improvement to the 36th percentile (68th out of 106) in 2022–2023. The school earned 1 star in the most recent year. The key takeaway for parents is that Minico is doing well in literacy and attendance, but math and science proficiency are critically low and trail state averages by roughly 20 to 24 percentage points. The district's overall low rating may be tied to these STEM gaps, yet the school's ELA results show clear areas of strength. Targeted math and science intervention will be essential to raising overall performance.
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