Best Elementary Schools in Idaho

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 301)	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)
160036000707	111	Cynthia Mann Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	5401 West Castle Drive	Boise	83703	Ada County	Boise Independent District	No	No	No	No	(208) 854-4680	392	24	16.6	28.8%	306 (78.1%)	11 (2.8%)	47 (12.0%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (5.6%)	$11,125			$847			$10,277	60.3	68.7	75	36
160036000067	112	Monroe Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	3615 Cassia Street	Boise	83705	Ada County	Boise Independent District	No	No	No	No	(208) 854-5620	216	15	14.8	32.9%	181 (83.8%)	3 (1.4%)	18 (8.3%)	3 (1.4%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (1.9%)	6 (2.8%)	$9,266			$580			$8,686	60.1	55	111	1
160231001034	113	Murtaugh Schools	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	500 West Boyd Street	Murtaugh	83344	Twin Falls County	Murtaugh Joint District	No	No	No	Yes	(208) 432-5451	383	26	14.6	58.2%	228 (59.5%)	1 (0.3%)	148 (38.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	$8,787			$1,620			$7,167	59.3			(n/a)
160237000423	114	New Plymouth Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	704 South Plymouth Avenue	New Plymouth	83655	Payette County	New Plymouth District	No	No	No	Yes	(208) 278-5333	443	21	21	38.4%	353 (79.7%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (16.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	9 (2.0%)	$8,316			$930			$7,386	58.9	54.2	112	2
160036000063	115	Lowell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1507 North 28th Street	Boise	83703	Ada County	Boise Independent District	No	No	No	No	(208) 854-5480	308	21	15	27.3%	240 (77.9%)	10 (3.2%)	38 (12.3%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.9%)	$9,865			$828			$9,037	58.8	56.2	106	9
160210000598	116	Joplin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	12081 West Demeyer Street	Boise	83713	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 855-4345	245	16	15.7	35.1%	188 (76.7%)	5 (2.0%)	34 (13.9%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.6%)	11 (4.5%)	$6,573			$609			$5,964	58.7	67	77	39
160030000035	117	Ernest Hemingway Steam School	Public	PK, KG-8	111 8th Street West	Ketchum	83340	Blaine County	Blaine County District	No	No	No	No	(208) 578-5050	463	40	11.7	18.1%	301 (65.0%)	0 (0.0%)	147 (31.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.8%)	$14,942			$824			$14,117	58.5	72.7	68	49
160036000068	118	Mountain View Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	3500 Cabarton Lane	Boise	83704	Ada County	Boise Independent District	No	No	No	No	(208) 854-5700	278	18	15.8	30.6%	216 (77.7%)	12 (4.3%)	34 (12.2%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	12 (4.3%)	$9,505			$1,321			$8,183	58.5	65.9	80	38
160210000597	119	Chaparral Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1155 North Deer Creek Lane	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 350-4180	531	32	16.3	39.0%	367 (69.1%)	14 (2.6%)	101 (19.0%)	15 (2.8%)	2 (0.4%)	6 (1.1%)	26 (4.9%)	$7,716			$609			$7,107	58.1	61.9	89	30
160157001001	120	South Fork Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	327 N 4100 E	Rigby	83442	Jefferson County	Jefferson County Joint District	No	No	No	Yes	(208) 745-7085	695	33	21.3	34.0%	614 (88.3%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (6.9%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	29 (4.2%)	$5,832			$658			$5,175	58	53.8	113	7

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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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