Schools · Boise
Boise, ID schools
Boise’s public schools score above Idaho’s averages: 56% of students are proficient in reading against 53.9% statewide, and 80% of high schoolers graduate on time against 82%. Kids attend one of 32 schools through grade 6, then one of 10 schools and one of 6 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B−
Boise’s School Grade: B-
The public schools Boise’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 54% of Idaho’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
BTest scoresCGraduation
Idaho school districts we grade (165)Better than 54%
Lower resultsHigher results
Idaho towns with similar household incomes (111)Better than 38%
High confidence. Built on 12,416 tested students and a graduating class of 2,102; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Idaho’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Idaho only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Idaho with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Boise kids go to school
Grades PK–6
32 schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Boise City Independent School District 1Grades 7–12
10 schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Boise City Independent School District 1Grades 12
6 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Boise City Independent School District 1Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Above the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Boise City Independent School District 1)56%
State average 53.9%
Math (grades PK–12, Boise City Independent School District 1)42%
State average 39.6%
Graduation · class of 2020
80% graduate on time
Graduation rate
80%
ID: 82%
Graduating class
2,102
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #45 of 59 ID towns →
Districts
The district serving Boise
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 94 schools in Boise
Showing 1–30 of 94 schools
PIONEER SCHOOL OF THE ARTSElementary · Grades PK–5 · 658 students
A+PublicELIZA HART SPALDING STEM ACADEMYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 610 students
APublicWHITE PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 555 students
B+PublicWHITTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 490 students
C-PublicTRAIL WIND ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–6 · 475 students
A-PublicHORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 472 students
C-PublicPEPPER RIDGE ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 472 students
A-PublicWHITNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 469 students
DPublicCYNTHIA MANN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 412 students
BPublicSHADOW HILLS ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–6 · 404 students
CPublicLIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 403 students
APublicGRACE JORDAN ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–6 · 402 students
C-PublicDALLAS HARRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 397 students
PublicMORLEY NELSON ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–6 · 392 students
C-PublicUSTICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 389 students
C-PublicCECIL D ANDRUS ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 377 students
A+PublicMAPLE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 370 students
B-PublicSUMMERWIND STEM ACADEMYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 370 students
A-PublicVALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 330 students
B-PublicRIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 327 students
APublicLOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 324 students
B+PublicKOELSCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 321 students
DPublicTAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 301 students
DPublicHILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 299 students
DPublicMOUNTAIN VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 292 students
B-PublicHIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 291 students
A+PublicROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 284 students
APublicGARFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 278 students
DPublicWASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 268 students
APublicHAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–6 · 264 students
BPublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.