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Best High Schools in Zip Code 83401

At a glance

Schools

5,349

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedCompass Academy10^th of 124 Idaho high schools

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Biggest riser

Idaho Falls Senior High School up 10 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Technical Careers High School 9.8 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Compass Academy and 2 more

SchoolDigger ratings

5★

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4 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Zip code 83401 in Idaho Falls, ID is home to 9 high schools serving 5,349 students across two districts: Bonneville Joint District and Idaho Falls District. The schools include large traditional high schools such as Thunder Ridge High School and Idaho Falls Senior High School, plus alternative, online, and specialty academies like Emerson High School, Bonneville Online School, and Compass Academy. Both districts rank in the middle of Idaho's 101 districts, but outcomes for individual schools in this zip code range from statewide leaders to schools at the very bottom.

Compass Academy is the clear standout, ranked 8th of 122 Idaho high schools (93rd percentile, 5 stars) with 81.6% ELA proficiency on the 2025-26 ISAT. Praxium Mastery Academy also excels academically, posting 87.1% math and 95.9% ELA proficiency despite having the highest student-teacher ratio (27.2) in the area. Among traditional schools, Idaho Falls Senior High School performs best, ranked 53rd of 122 and the only one to beat the state average in math (37.4% vs. 33.1%). At the other end of the spectrum, Emerson High School ranks 121st of 122 with 63.7% chronic absenteeism, Lincoln High School has just 11.1% ELA proficiency, and Technical Careers High School spends the most per student ($13,104) yet achieves only 13.3% ELA proficiency.

Bonneville Joint District's two large high schools have declined sharply, with Thunder Ridge falling from 65th to 98th and Bonneville High School dropping from 50th to 106th in state rankings, while Idaho Falls Senior improved from 85th to 53rd. Zip-code-wide proficiency averages trail the state in math (23.8% vs. 33.1%), science (33.0% vs. 41.2%), and ELA (42.8% vs. 61.3%). Chronic absenteeism averages 20.6%, well above the state's 13.8%, though Praxium (5.3%) and Bonneville Online School (3.2%) are bright spots. High poverty does not automatically mean low performance: Compass Academy has a 39.95% free/reduced lunch rate yet is the top-ranked school in the zip code. Ultimately, this area is defined by fragmentation — different school models, different student populations, and vastly different outcomes within a few square miles.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ISAT Math (2026)				ISAT Science (2026)			ISAT English Language Arts (2026)				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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISAT Math 7th Grade	ISAT Math 8th Grade	ISAT Math End of Course	ISAT Math All Grades	ISAT Science 8th Grade	ISAT Science End of Course	ISAT Science All Grades	ISAT English Language Arts 7th Grade	ISAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	ISAT English Language Arts End of Course	ISAT English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Bonneville High School	Public	9-12	3165 East Iona Road	Idaho Falls	83401	Bonneville County	Bonneville Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 525-4406	1,176	55	21.4	30.7%	917 (78.0%)	8 (0.7%)	199 (16.9%)	14 (1.2%)	3 (0.3%)	5 (0.4%)	30 (2.6%)	18.1	108^th of 124 public high schools	12.9%		26.1	91^st of 112 public high schools	18.8%	17			21.7			24.3				45.0		$8,504	$827	$7,678
Lincoln High School	Public	7-12	3175 East Lincoln Road	Idaho Falls	83401	Bonneville County	Bonneville Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 525-4447	110	8	13.7	40.9%	71 (64.5%)	2 (1.8%)	30 (27.3%)	1 (0.9%)	2 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.6%)								(n/a)			< 14%	< 14%		< 12%	< 12%			11.1		$10,919	$390	$10,530
Bonneville Online School	Public	6-12	3385 East Iona Road	Idaho Falls	83401	Bonneville County	Bonneville Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 557-6836	290	19	15.1	—	248 (85.5%)	1 (0.3%)	34 (11.7%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.7%)	14.1	113^th of 124 public high schools	8.9%					(n/a)			19.1	26.2		< 32%	29.6			39.6	40.0	$7,641	$396	$7,246
Technical Careers High School	Public	9-12	3497 North Ammon Road	Idaho Falls	83401	Bonneville County	Bonneville Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 525-4433	118	12	9.8	24.6%	111 (94.1%)	1 (0.8%)	5 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)								(n/a)			< 14%	< 14%		< 14%	< 14%			13.3		$13,104	$963	$12,142
Thunder Ridge High School	Public	9-12	4941 East 1st Street	Idaho Falls	83401	Bonneville County	Bonneville Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 523-4739	1,693	78	21.7	27.4%	1,318 (77.8%)	9 (0.5%)	307 (18.1%)	11 (0.6%)	10 (0.6%)	2 (0.1%)	36 (2.1%)	23	100^th of 124 public high schools	19.4%		30.8	85^th of 112 public high schools	24.1%	15			17.1			25.3				54.2		$7,963	$805	$7,158
Praxium Mastery Academy	Public	6-12	3497 North Ammon Road	Idaho Falls	83401	Bonneville County	Bonneville Joint District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(208) 525-4466	136	5	27.2	22.1%	107 (78.7%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (13.2%)	5 (3.7%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.7%)								(n/a)	86.9	87.2		87.1	81.4			≥ 92%	≥ 91%		95.9
Bonneville Online Academy	Public	7-12	3497 North Ammon Road	Idaho Falls	83401	Bonneville County	Bonneville Joint District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(208) 332-6800	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)			< 22%	< 22%		< 30%	25.7			30.8	33.3
Idaho Falls Senior High School	Public	9-12	601 South Holmes Avenue	Idaho Falls	83401	Bonneville County	Idaho Falls District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 525-7740	1,298	63	20.4	30.8%	970 (74.7%)	4 (0.3%)	242 (18.6%)	8 (0.6%)	5 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	68 (5.2%)	53.3	55^th of 124 public high schools	55.6%		41.2	65^th of 112 public high schools	42.0%	10			37.4			38.6				69.4		$7,967	$864	$7,103
Emerson High School	Public	9-12	335 5th Street	Idaho Falls	83401	Bonneville County	Idaho Falls District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 524-7800	135	12	11.1	57.0%	69 (51.1%)	1 (0.7%)	51 (37.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	1 (0.7%)	11 (8.1%)	4.7	123^rd of 124 public high schools	0.8%					(n/a)			< 13%	< 13%		12.8				28.3		$10,137	$815	$9,322
Compass Academy	Public, Magnet	9-12	955 Garfield Street	Idaho Falls	83401	Bonneville County	Idaho Falls District	No	Yes	(n/a)	No	(208) 525-7720	393	23	17.0	39.9%	305 (77.6%)	2 (0.5%)	65 (16.5%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.6%)	89.1	10^th of 124 public high schools	91.9%					(n/a)			< 48%	< 48%		64.0				81.6		$8,160	$733	$7,427

Cities Near Zip Code 83401

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Iona	6.02 mi	1	15^th
Idaho Falls	6.6 mi	47	57^th
Ririe	6.64 mi	2	64^th
Ammon	7.34 mi	8	60^th
Rigby	10.45 mi	9	31^st

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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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