Summary:
Zip code 83854, serving the Post Falls, Idaho area, contains a single middle school—River City Middle School—which enrolls 550 students across grades 6 through 8 and serves as the sole middle-level educational option for local families.
River City Middle School is a solid, mid-to-upper-performing school within the Post Falls District. Its strongest academic area is science: 8th-grade proficiency sits at 48.4%, well above Idaho’s 42.9% average, and nearly matching the district’s 48.9%. English Language Arts is also a relative strength, with 55.2% of students proficient versus the state’s 54.0%, although the school trails its district by 3.4 percentage points. Seventh-grade ELA stands out at 59.9% proficiency. Math is essentially at the state average (43.2% vs. 43.1%), with a notable grade-level pattern: 6th graders underperform the state (39.4% vs. 42.5%), but by 8th grade the school surpasses both state and district averages (45.4% vs. 41.2% and 43.2%, respectively). Year-over-year math slipped slightly from 44.5% to 43.2%, while ELA held steady at 55.2%.
The school’s state ranking has been stable, hovering between the 55th and 59th percentiles over the past three years—above the median but not in the top quartile. The district itself ranks in the 66th percentile of Idaho districts. Chronic absenteeism is 13.0%, slightly better than the state’s 13.8% but higher than the district’s 12.0%. About 35% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, indicating moderate economic need. Despite this, the school outperforms the state in ELA and science and matches it in math. The student-teacher ratio is 18.9, and per-student spending was $7,279. For parents in Post Falls, River City Middle School offers a stable, above-average educational environment, with particular strengths in science and 7th-grade reading, and improving math performance as students progress through middle school.
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