Best High Schools in Idaho

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the ISAT test scores by the Idaho Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, August 22, 2024.

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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)
160066000127	21	Declo Senior High School	Public	9-12	505 East Main Street	Declo	83323	Cassia County	Cassia County Joint District	No	No	No	No	(208) 654-2030	311	17	18.7	23.8%	250 (80.4%)	1 (0.3%)	56 (18.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$8,583			$732			$7,852	83.1	23.1	90	69
160210000802	22	Mountain View High School	Public	9-12	2000 South Millennium Way	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 855-4050	2,521	113	22.2	17.1%	1,908 (75.7%)	97 (3.8%)	290 (11.5%)	60 (2.4%)	13 (0.5%)	10 (0.4%)	143 (5.7%)	$6,872			$609			$6,263	82.1	79.2	19	3
160180000311	23	Lakeland Senior High School	Public	9-12	7006 West Highway 53	Rathdrum	83858	Kootenai County	Lakeland District	No	No	No	No	(208) 687-0181	846	43	19.5	17.3%	729 (86.2%)	2 (0.2%)	57 (6.7%)	3 (0.4%)	9 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	45 (5.3%)	$8,905			$734			$8,170	79.6	70.1	28	5
160001500892	24	Taylors Crossing Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1445 North Wood River Drive	Idaho Falls	83401	Bonneville County	Taylor's Crossing Public Charter School Inc.	Yes	No	No	Yes	(208) 552-0397	380	18	21.5	27.6%	335 (88.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.5%)	11 (2.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (2.9%)	$7,394			$1,032			$6,362	79.4			(n/a)
160036000643	25	Timberline High School	Public	10-12	701 East Boise Avenue	Boise	83706	Ada County	Boise Independent District	No	No	No	No	(208) 854-6230	1,391	70	19.8	11.4%	1,051 (75.6%)	22 (1.6%)	138 (9.9%)	103 (7.4%)	3 (0.2%)	7 (0.5%)	67 (4.8%)	$9,873			$563			$9,310	78.8	82.3	15	10
160090000165	26	Dietrich School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	406 North Park Street	Dietrich	83324	Lincoln County	Dietrich District	No	No	No	Yes	(208) 544-2158	184	16	11.5	52.7%	130 (70.7%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (28.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,869			$1,573			$9,296	78.4			(n/a)
160210000985	27	Rocky Mountain High School	Public	9-12	5450 North Linder Road	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 350-4340	1,911	85	22.4	11.3%	1,551 (81.2%)	19 (1.0%)	206 (10.8%)	32 (1.7%)	5 (0.3%)	7 (0.4%)	91 (4.8%)	$6,471			$609			$5,861	78.2	83.2	14	13
160186000323	28	Lewiston High School	Public	9-12	3201 Cecil Andrus Way	Lewiston	83501	Nez Perce County	Lewiston Independent District	No	No	No	No	(208) 748-3100	1,339	76	17.5	19.4%	1,196 (89.3%)	8 (0.6%)	50 (3.7%)	4 (0.3%)	14 (1.0%)	2 (0.1%)	65 (4.9%)	$11,265			$833			$10,432	77.6	49.2	55	27
160210001158	29	Owyhee High School	Public	9-12	3650 North Owyhee Storm Avenue	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 855-4500	1,812	83	21.9	11.2%	1,487 (82.1%)	17 (0.9%)	205 (11.3%)	13 (0.7%)	7 (0.4%)	8 (0.4%)	75 (4.1%)								76.7	75.8	21	8
160105000194	30	Filer High School	Public	9-12	3915 North Wildcat Way 2300 E	Filer	83328	Twin Falls County	Filer District	No	No	No	No	(208) 326-5945	488	29	16.7	23.6%	401 (82.2%)	5 (1.0%)	77 (15.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	$7,933			$678			$7,254	76.1			(n/a)

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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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