Best High Schools in Idaho

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 140)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
160000200082	51	Clark Fork Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	502 North Main Street	Clark Fork	83811	Bonner County	Lake Pend Oreille School District	No	No	No	No	(208) 266-1131	129	9	15	45.7%	113 (87.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.9%)	$13,461			$109			$13,352	66.6	17.9	95	44
160171000635	52	Kimberly High School	Public	9-12	885 Center Street West	Kimberly	83341	Twin Falls County	Kimberly District	No	No	No	No	(208) 423-4170	617	33	18.7	22.2%	514 (83.3%)	5 (0.8%)	93 (15.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	$7,890			$552			$7,339	66.1	75.3	22	30
160324000998	53	Canyon Ridge High School	Public	9-12	300 North College Road West	Twin Falls	83301	Twin Falls County	Twin Falls District	No	No	No	No	(208) 732-7555	1,437	71	20.3	18.4%	880 (61.2%)	74 (5.1%)	397 (27.6%)	19 (1.3%)	6 (0.4%)	16 (1.1%)	45 (3.1%)	$8,198			$712			$7,487	64.5	61.7	40	13
160342000388	54	West Side Senior High School	Public	9-12	775 North West Side Highway	Dayton	83232	Franklin County	West Side Joint District	No	No	No	Yes	(208) 747-3411	261	15	16.8	28.0%	245 (93.9%)	1 (0.4%)	13 (5.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$8,254			$783			$7,471	63.5	88.1	10	44
160042000089	55	Bonners Ferry High School	Public	9-12	6485 Tamarack Lane	Bonners Ferry	83805	Boundary County	Boundary County District	No	No	No	No	(208) 267-3149	428	25	17	28.5%	375 (87.6%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (5.4%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.5%)	$10,424			$1,129			$9,294	63.2	37.4	70	15
160210000372	56	Meridian High School	Public	9-12	1900 West Pine Street	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 350-4160	1,823	95	19.1	26.3%	1,314 (72.1%)	42 (2.3%)	353 (19.4%)	27 (1.5%)	10 (0.5%)	6 (0.3%)	71 (3.9%)	$7,180			$609			$6,571	61.9	66.4	34	22
160240000848	57	Nezperce School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	614 2nd Avenue	Nezperce	83543	Lewis County	Nezperce Joint District	No	No	No	Yes	(208) 937-2551	169	17	9.9	45.6%	152 (89.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.1%)	$18,121			$1,554			$16,567	61			(n/a)
160203000354	58	McCall-Donnelly High School	Public	9-12	401 North Mission Street	McCall	83638	Valley County	McCall-Donnelly Joint School District	No	No	No	No	(208) 634-2218	439	29	15	9.8%	389 (88.6%)	2 (0.5%)	42 (9.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	$12,754			$784			$11,970	60.8	89.9	9	49
160153001043	59	Compass Academy	Public, Magnet	9-12	955 Garfield Street	Idaho Falls	83401	Bonneville County	Idaho Falls District	No	Yes	No	No	(208) 525-7720	448	23	19.9	32.1%	343 (76.6%)	2 (0.4%)	74 (16.5%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.6%)	$8,160			$733			$7,427	60.4	62.5	38	21
160207000836	60	Melba High School	Public	7-12	6870 Stokes Avenue	Melba	83641	Canyon County	Melba Joint District	No	No	No	No	(208) 495-2221	395	25	16.1	34.9%	305 (77.2%)	1 (0.3%)	80 (20.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (1.8%)	$8,218			$802			$7,416	59.8	51.6	52	8

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on ISAT Math, ISAT Science, ISAT English Language Arts test scores released by the Idaho Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 22, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Idaho Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Idaho Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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