Summary:
Zip code 83536 in Kamiah, Idaho, is served by three public schools in the Kamiah Joint District, enrolling 380 students across elementary (PK–3), middle (4–8), and high school (9–12) grades. The three schools serve similar socioeconomic populations, with free/reduced lunch eligibility ranging from 32.2% to 33.1%, making comparisons among them meaningful. Enrollment is small, with Kamiah Middle School the largest at 157 students, followed by Kamiah Elementary School at 121 and Kamiah Senior High at 102.
Kamiah Senior High stands out academically, with science proficiency at 73.7% and end-of-course ELA at 71.4%, far above state averages. However, it also has the highest chronic absenteeism at 30.9%, and its math proficiency is a low 23.8%. Kamiah Middle School shows encouraging recent gains, improving in math, science, and ELA from 2024-25 to 2025-26, though its latest state rank remains in the 24th percentile. Kamiah Elementary School has the best attendance, with only 12.0% chronic absenteeism, but 3rd-grade math and ELA proficiency both sit at 40%, below state averages.
Math is the district's weakest subject at every level, with the high school gap the largest. Chronic absenteeism rises sharply with grade level, from 12% in elementary to 19.5% in middle and 30.9% in high school. The high school's graduation rate matches the state at 82.5%, and elementary spending per student is roughly 34% higher than at the high school. Overall, Kamiah's schools present a mixed picture: strong high school science instruction and improving middle school scores are positives, but math proficiency and high school attendance are the most pressing concerns for parents to watch.
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