Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 83847

Elementary schools in zip code 83847 (Naples, Idaho) consist of just two schools: Boundary County Online School, a K-8 virtual school with 105 students, and Naples Elementary School, a traditional K-5 campus with 73 students. Both belong to the Boundary County District, which ranks 48th out of 101 Idaho districts with a 3-star rating, placing it squarely in the middle statewide. Despite sharing the same physical address at 145 Schoolhouse Road, these two schools operate very different models and deliver very different academic outcomes.

Naples Elementary is the stronger performer in this zip code. It beats Boundary County Online School in every directly comparable subject: math proficiency is 39.1% versus 26.1%, and ELA proficiency is 41.3% versus 35.6%. Naples also shines in 4th grade ELA, where 57.1% of students are proficient, exceeding both the district (51.7%) and state (50.2%). Its student-teacher ratio is a reasonable 16.2:1, and chronic absenteeism sits at just 10.8%, below district and state averages. By contrast, Boundary County Online School ranks in the bottom 10% of Idaho schools (310 out of 346) with a 1-star rating, and its science proficiency is just 18.5%—more than 24 points below the state average.

The online school's extremely high student-teacher ratio of 52.5:1 reflects its virtual staffing model rather than a traditional classroom, but its academic struggles are consistent across grade levels, with math proficiency dropping from 40% in 3rd grade to 22.2% in 4th grade and 23.7% in 8th grade. Naples serves a moderate-poverty population (46.58% free/reduced lunch) and was once a 4-star school ranked in the 75th percentile statewide, though its recent math and ELA scores have dipped from the prior year. Overall, parents in 83847 have a clear choice: the traditional classroom experience at Naples, which outperforms its virtual counterpart in every subject, or the flexibility of an online model that currently carries significant academic risk.