Sun Valley, ID schools
Sun Valley’s public schools score below Idaho’s averages: 51% of students are proficient in reading against 53.9% statewide, and 88% of high schoolers graduate on time against 82%. Kids attend one of 5 schools through grade 12, then WOOD RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL or ERNEST HEMINGWAY STEAM SCHOOL or CAREY PUBLIC SCHOOL and WOOD RIVER HIGH SCHOOL or CAREY PUBLIC SCHOOL.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
Sun Valley’s School Grade: B-
The public schools Sun Valley’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 51% of Idaho’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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.
Where Sun Valley kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Below the state in reading
88% graduate on time
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
The district serving Sun Valley
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
All 3 schools in Sun Valley
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.
Schools Sun Valley kids attend in other towns
Public schools in Sun Valley’s district that are located in Hailey, Ketchum, Carey and Bellevue. Which one depends on your address.