Summary:
Zip code 83850 is home to just one elementary school: Pinehurst Elementary School, which serves grades PK–5 in Pinehurst, Idaho, and is part of the Kellogg Joint District. Because it is the only elementary school in the area, there are no local schools to compare it to, so the most useful benchmarks are the district and state averages.
Pinehurst Elementary School enrolls 430 students and serves a predominantly low-income population, with about 61% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. Academically, the school outperforms its district in math — 34.5% proficient in 2025–2026 versus the district's 30.6% — but trails the state average of 43.1%. English Language Arts proficiency is 43.0%, slightly above the district's 42.5% but well below the state's 54.0%. A notable trend is the steady decline in math proficiency as students advance: 40.6% of third graders, 35.4% of fourth graders, and just 27.8% of fifth graders were proficient in math in 2025–2026. Fifth-grade ELA is a brighter spot at 49.3% proficient, close to the state's 55.2%, and 5th-grade science proficiency (38.9%) also exceeds the school's 5th-grade math score.
The school's state ranking has fallen sharply over the past decade, from the 45th percentile in 2016–2017 to the 20th percentile in 2025–2026. Chronic absenteeism is a serious concern: 28.9% of students were chronically absent in 2023–2024, more than double the state rate of 13.8%. The school spends about $10,472 per student, and its student-teacher ratio is 16.1. While the school faces real challenges, its relative strength in math compared to the Kellogg Joint District suggests there are local instructional foundations to build on.
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