Schools · Caldwell
Caldwell, ID schools
Caldwell’s public schools score above Idaho’s averages: 56% of students are proficient in reading against 53.9% statewide, and 87% of high schoolers graduate on time against 82%. Kids attend one of 9 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 4 middle schools and CALDWELL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL or VALLIVUE HIGH SCHOOL.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C
Caldwell’s School Grade: C
The public schools Caldwell’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 67% of Idaho’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
C-Test scoresB-Graduation
Idaho school districts we grade (165)Better than 33%
Lower resultsHigher results
Idaho towns with similar household incomes (136)Better than 18%
High confidence. Built on 7,868 tested students and a graduating class of 668; 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 Caldwell kids go to school
Grades 9–12
DCALDWELL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL or CVALLIVUE HIGH SCHOOL
Depends on your address Caldwell School District 132Based 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–8, Vallivue School District 139)56%
State average 53.9%
Reading (grades 9–12, Caldwell School District 132)31%
State average 53.9%
Math (grades PK–8, Vallivue School District 139)34%
State average 39.6%
Math (grades 9–12, Caldwell School District 132)17%
State average 39.6%
Graduation · class of 2020
87% graduate on time
Graduation rate
87%
ID: 82%
Graduating class
668
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Two districts serve Caldwell
Vallivue School District 139Grades PK–12 · 13 schools · 10,339 students
$9,551 per studentID $11,119B-Caldwell School District 132Grades PK–12 · 10 schools · 5,134 students
$12,039 per studentID $11,119DEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 27 schools in Caldwell
Showing 1–27 of 27 schools
LAKEVUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 915 students
B-PublicSKYWAY ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 795 students
C+PublicDESERT SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 686 students
BPublicCENTRAL CANYON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 654 students
B-PublicMOSAICS PUBLIC SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–8 · 527 students
C-CharterHERITAGE COMMUNITY CHARTERElementary · Grades K–8 · 512 students
C-CharterWASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–4 · 481 students
D-PublicVAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–4 · 458 students
DPublicWILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–4 · 406 students
DPublicSACAJAWEA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–4 · 362 students
D-PublicLEWIS AND CLARK ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–4 · 348 students
DPublicSAGE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 886 students
C+PublicSUMMITVUE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 836 students
PublicJEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 5–6 · 778 students
DPublicSYRINGA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 695 students
DPublicVALLIVUE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 682 students
B-PublicCALDWELL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,400 students
DPublicVALLIVUE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,252 students
CPublicELEVATE ACADEMYHigh · Grades 6–12 · 493 students
D-CharterCANYON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · Grades 9–12 · 169 students
D-PublicVALLIVUE ACADEMYHigh · Grades 9–12 · 120 students
BPublicVISION CHARTER SCHOOLOther · Grades K–12 · 760 students
B+CharterTHOMAS JEFFERSON CHARTEROther · Grades K–12 · 364 students
ACharterSOUTHWEST IDAHO JUVENILE DETENTIONOther · Grades 1–12 · 37 students
PublicCALDWELL ADVENTIST ELEMENTARY
PrivateGEM STATE ADVENTIST ACADEMY
PrivateGEM STATE ADVENTIST ACADEMY
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.