Summary:
Zip code 83535 contains just one school: Juliaetta Elementary School, a public elementary school serving grades PK-6 in Juliaetta, Idaho, with 134 students enrolled. The school is part of the Kendrick Joint District, which ranks 43rd out of 101 districts statewide. Since Juliaetta is the only school in this zip code, the following insights focus on how it compares to district and state averages.
Juliaetta Elementary's strongest academic performance is in science, where 61.1% of students were proficient in the 2024-2025 school year, far outpacing the district (40.9%) and the state (42.6%). Fifth-grade math is also a bright spot, with 54.5% proficiency versus 42.2% statewide. However, math proficiency in 3rd grade (42.1%), 4th grade (38.9%), and 6th grade (39.1%) all trail state averages, while 5th-grade ELA (52.4%) slightly trails the state (55.2%) but 6th-grade ELA (52.4%) edges out the state (51.5%). Overall math proficiency dipped from 50.0% in 2024-2025 to 43.9% in 2025-2026, and ELA sits at 51.3%.
The school received a 2-star rating and ranked 207th out of 346 Idaho schools in 2025-2026, down from a 3-star, 52nd-percentile ranking the previous year. Positively, chronic absenteeism is just 11.0%, below both the district (11.6%) and state (13.8%), and the student-teacher ratio is a favorable 14.1:1. Roughly 44.8% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, reflecting a moderately low-income population. While overall rankings slipped and early-grade math remains a concern, Juliaetta's standout science results and competitive upper-elementary performance suggest targeted strengths within this small, rural school.
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