Summary:
Zip code 83615 in Donnelly, Idaho is home to two small elementary schools serving roughly 224 students: Donnelly Elementary, a traditional PK-5 public school with 156 students, and Mountain Community School, a K-8 school with 68 students operating under McCall Community School Inc.
Donnelly Elementary is the clear academic leader in the area. It is part of the McCall-Donnelly Joint School District, ranked #4 out of 101 districts in Idaho with a 5-star rating. On the 2025-2026 ISAT, Donnelly posted 64.4% math proficiency and 75.6% ELA proficiency, far exceeding state averages of 43.1% and 54.0%. Mountain Community School, by contrast, has shown dramatic volatility: its math proficiency jumped from 26.1% in 2024-2025 to 51.7% in 2025-2026, while ELA rose from 41.3% to 55.2%. With only 68 students, these swings are heavily influenced by small cohort sizes, but the most recent results place Mountain Community School above the state in math and roughly average in ELA.
The biggest shared concern is chronic absenteeism. Donnelly's rate is 27.4% and Mountain Community's is 31.1%, both roughly double the state average of 13.8%. Despite this, Donnelly still achieves strong scores, particularly in 3rd grade ELA (81.1% proficient), though 5th grade science (51.9%) lags its district average (58.9%). Both schools maintain small class sizes—about 13 students per teacher—and Donnelly reports that 37.18% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Families in 83615 have two distinct options: a highly ranked traditional district school in Donnelly Elementary, and a smaller alternative K-8 in Mountain Community School. Given the small enrollments, parents should look at multi-year trends rather than single-year spikes when evaluating either school.
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