Schools in Zip Code 83850

Zip code 83850 contains exactly one school — Pinehurst Elementary School — a public PK–5 campus serving 430 students in the Kellogg Joint District, which ranks 73rd out of 101 Idaho districts (28th percentile).

Because Pinehurst Elementary is the only school in the zip code, it is the sole educational anchor for the community. The school has a student–teacher ratio of 16.1 and spends about $10,472 per student. Its academic performance tells a mixed story. In math, 34.5% of all students are proficient, which is above the district average of 30.6% but well below the state's 43.1%. That gap widens by grade: 3rd graders score 40.6% proficient in math, but 5th graders drop to just 27.8%. In English language arts, the school's all-grade proficiency rate of 43.0% nearly matches the district (42.5%) and trails the state (54.0%). Encouragingly, 5th grade ELA is the school's strongest area at 49.3% proficient, though it still falls short of the state's 55.2% figure. Science proficiency in 5th grade sits at 38.9%, below both the district (41.6%) and state (44.0%).

The biggest concerns are rooted in student circumstances. Chronic absenteeism stands at 28.9% — more than double the state rate of 13.8% — and 61.16% of students receive free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a majority low-income population. Over time, the school's statewide rank has slipped from the 45th percentile in 2016–17 to the 20th percentile in 2025–26, a substantial relative decline. With no middle or high school in the zip code, students must transition elsewhere after 5th grade, making these early years especially critical. Pinehurst Elementary outperforms its district in math and holds its own in ELA, but the combination of high poverty, chronic absenteeism, and declining math proficiency as students progress means the school faces serious challenges in preparing children for the move to middle school.