Schools · Garden Valley

Garden Valley, ID schools

Garden Valley’s public schools score above Idaho’s averages: 57% of students are proficient in reading against 53.9% statewide, and 75% of high schoolers graduate on time against 82%. Kids attend Garden Valley School.

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

B-School Grade

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Garden Valley’s School Grade: B-

The public schools Garden Valley’s kids attend trail 51% of Idaho’s districts on state tests.

BTest scores

Idaho school districts we grade (165)Better than 49%

Lower resultsHigher results

Good confidence. Built on 166 tested students; 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. 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 Garden Valley kids go to school

Grades PK–12

B-Garden Valley School 220 students · Garden Valley Garden Valley School District 71

Based 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, Garden Valley School District 71)57%

State average 53.9%

Math (grades PK–12, Garden Valley School District 71)37%

State average 39.6%

Graduation · class of 2020

75% graduate on time

Graduation rate

75%

ID: 82%

Graduating class

students

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

Districts

The district serving Garden Valley

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Garden Valley School District 71Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 221 students

$16,766 per studentID $11,119B-

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

Within reach

Colleges near Garden Valley

There’s no college within 30 miles of Garden Valley. The closest is Boise Bible College in Garden City, ID, 33.8 miles away.

Boise Bible CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Garden City33.8 mi103 students Boise State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Boise City35.4 mi21,841 students

Carrington College-BoiseCareer school · For-profit · Boise City35.4 mi401 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Garden Valley. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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