Schools · Elk River

Elk River, ID schools

Elk River’s public schools score below Idaho’s averages: 52% of students are proficient in reading against 53.9% statewide, and 75% of high schoolers graduate on time against 82%. Kids attend Bovill Elementary School through grade 3, then Deary School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

TownTapestry School GradeNew

Elk River’s School Grade: B+

The public schools Elk River’s kids attend outperform 70% of Idaho’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

B+Test scores
Idaho school districts we grade (165)Better than 70%
Lower resultsHigher results
Idaho towns with similar household incomes (103)Better than 81%
Lower confidence. Built on 111 tested students. With numbers this small, one year can move the grade.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Idaho’s state tests, each against the state average. 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.
  • 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 Elk River kids go to school

Grades 4–12
A-Deary School 145 students · Deary Whitepine Joint School District 288

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Whitepine Joint School District 288)52%
State average 53.9%
Math (grades PK–12, Whitepine Joint School District 288)52%
State average 39.6%
Graduation · class of 2020

75% graduate on time

Graduation rate
75%
ID: 82%
Graduating class
14
students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Elk River

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Elk River

There’s no college within 30 miles of Elk River. The closest is New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, ID, 39 miles away.

Straight-line distance from the center of Elk River. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus.

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