Summary:
ZIP code 83612 is served by a single high school: Council Junior/Senior High School, a small rural school in the Council District serving grades 7 through 12 with 117 students and a favorable 11.5:1 student-teacher ratio. With only one high school in the area, this analysis serves as a detailed profile of the school. About 45.3% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, indicating moderate economic need, and the school spends $12,736 per student.
The most striking finding is the school's dramatic improvement in state ranking. Council Junior/Senior High School rose from being ranked 106 out of 106 Idaho high schools (0 stars) in 2022–2023 to 10 out of 122 schools (5 stars, 92nd percentile) in 2025–2026. End-of-Course exam scores support the turnaround: 62.5% proficiency in math versus 33.1% statewide, and 62.5% in science versus 41.2% statewide, indicating strong upper-level course performance. In all-grades testing, the school outperforms its district across math, science, and ELA, and all-grades math proficiency jumped from 22.8% to 38.3% in a single year.
However, English Language Arts remains a concern. All-grades ELA proficiency sits at 38.3%, well below the state's 54.0%, and 8th-grade ELA is just 26.1% versus 54.5% statewide, suggesting the junior-high portion is weaker than the high school portion. Graduation rate is exactly at the state average of 82.5%. The district's chronic absenteeism rate is a positive 5.6% versus 13.8% statewide, though the school-level rate in 2023–2024 was a higher 17.9%. Given the small enrollment—fewer than 20 students per grade—these metrics should be interpreted with caution, as small cohort changes can produce large percentage swings.
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