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Best ZIP codes for schools in Idaho
Ranked by the School Quality Index: district math and reading proficiency and graduation rates, weighted by how much of each district falls in the ZIP.
How we rank school quality
The School Quality Index summarizes district math and reading proficiency and four-year graduation outcomes. Results based on very small student samples are excluded, and missing measures do not count as zero.
A ZIP's score reflects the districts serving the area, with greater influence from districts covering more of the ZIP. It measures outcomes, not school ratings, spending, or individual schools.
Each state sets its own tests and proficiency cut scores, so the index compares ZIPs well within a state but not across states. That is why we rank ZIPs only within each state.
Only ZIPs with at least 1,000 residents are ranked, so a handful of households cannot top the list. 159 Idaho ZIPs qualify.
Idaho ZIP codes ranked by school quality
1ZIP 83871Troy
Idaho
- School quality index
- 73.4
- ZIP population
- ~2k
- Avg. temperature
- 48°F
- Avg. commute
- 32 min
2ZIP 83832Genesee
Idaho
- School quality index
- 71.5
- ZIP population
- ~2k
- Avg. temperature
- 50°F
- Avg. commute
- 23 min
3ZIP 83615Donnelly
Idaho
- School quality index
- 71.3
- ZIP population
- ~1k
- Avg. temperature
- 43°F
- Avg. commute
- 26 min
4ZIP 83646Meridian
Idaho
- School quality index
- 65.4
- ZIP population
- ~76k
- Avg. temperature
- 53°F
- Avg. commute
- 23 min
5ZIP 83713Boise
Idaho
- School quality index
- 65.3
- ZIP population
- ~32k
- Avg. temperature
- 54°F
- Avg. commute
- 21 min
6ZIP 83843Moscow
Idaho
- School quality index
- 64.8
- ZIP population
- ~27k
- Avg. temperature
- 50°F
- Avg. commute
- 15 min
| Rank | ZIP | City | County | School quality index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #7 | 83669 | Star | Ada County | 63.0 |
| #8 | 83844 | Latah County | 63.0 | |
| #9 | 83286 | Weston | Franklin County | 62.0 |
| #10 | 83228 | Clifton | Franklin County | 61.9 |
| #11 | 83241 | Grace | Caribou County | 61.5 |
| #12 | 83638 | Mccall | Valley County | 61.5 |
| #13 | 83642 | Meridian | Ada County | 61.3 |
| #14 | 83234 | Downey | Bannock County | 60.8 |
| #15 | 83245 | Inkom | Bannock County | 60.8 |
| #16 | 83250 | Mccammon | Bannock County | 60.8 |
| #17 | 83611 | Cascade | Valley County | 60.7 |
| #18 | 83709 | Boise | Ada County | 59.6 |
| #19 | 83714 | Garden City | Ada County | 59.6 |
| #20 | 83815 | Coeur D'Alene | Kootenai County | 59.6 |
| #21 | 83443 | Ririe | Jefferson County | 59.5 |
| #22 | 83814 | Coeur D'Alene | Kootenai County | 59.5 |
| #23 | 83201 | Pocatello | Bannock County | 59.4 |
| #24 | 83655 | New Plymouth | Payette County | 59.4 |
| #25 | 83811 | Clark Fork | Bonner County | 59.2 |
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