Summary:
Zip code 83837 contains a single middle school, Kellogg Middle School, which serves grades 6–8 in the Kellogg Joint District in Kellogg, Idaho, with 238 students and a student-teacher ratio of 15.5.
As the only middle school in the area, Kellogg Middle School’s performance is best understood by comparing it to state and district averages. The school currently ranks 158th out of 174 Idaho middle schools (9th percentile) with a zero-star rating, a sharp decline from its 2017–2018 rank of 72nd out of 100 (28th percentile). Academic proficiency is below state norms across the board: math proficiency is 20.9% versus the state’s 43.1%, and ELA proficiency is 34.6% versus the state’s 54.0%. Math is the biggest struggle, especially in 6th grade, where only 15% of students are proficient. Encouragingly, 8th-grade science proficiency is 41.5%, nearly matching the state average of 42.9%, and ELA proficiency improves from 27.8% in 6th grade to 38.6% in 7th grade before leveling off in 8th grade.
The most urgent concern is chronic absenteeism: 50.2% of students were chronically absent in 2023–2024, a rate roughly 3.6 times the state average. More than 55% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, indicating significant economic disadvantage. While the district itself ranks in the bottom quarter of Idaho districts, Kellogg Middle School remains below even that level. The combination of high absenteeism, low math proficiency, and a declining state ranking points to clear priorities. However, the near-average science scores, improving ELA trajectory across grades, and a moderate student-teacher ratio offer a foundation to build on. For parents, the picture is one of a school facing serious challenges, but with identifiable strengths in science and pockets of grade-level progress that could be leveraged for improvement.
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