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Garden Valley School

Serves grades PK - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1053 Banks Lowman Road
Garden Valley, ID 83622
Phone
(208) 462-3756
District
GARDEN VALLEY DISTRICT
County
BOISE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
285
Classroom Teachers
20

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Idaho

3

(10 is best)

Better than 28.6% of all ID schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

Garden Valley School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 4

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
30%
51%
28%
52%
32%
49%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
44%
49%
52%
56%
35%
42%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 6

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
43%
46%
46%
52%
40%
41%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
52%
49%
61%
57%
42%
41%
52%
49%
61%
57%
42%
41%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
39%
45%
46%
54%
32%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
41%
47%
48%
61%
33%
34%
41%
47%
48%
61%
33%
34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
13
17
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 13 4.6%
Kindergarten 12 4.2%
Grade 1 18 6.3%
Grade 2 17 6.0%
Grade 3 21 7.4%
Grade 4 24 8.4%
Grade 5 24 8.4%
Grade 6 26 9.1%
Grade 7 30 10.5%
Grade 8 25 8.8%
Grade 9 23 8.1%
Grade 10 23 8.1%
Grade 11 16 5.6%
Grade 12 13 4.6%
Total 285 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 90.2% 90.5% 76.6%
Black 0.0% 0.0% 1.1%
Hispanic 8.4% 8.2% 19.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.0% 1.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.4% 1.4% 1.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 18.2% 18.7% 22.9%
Free lunch eligible 0.4% 1.4% 19.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 17.9% 17.3% 3.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 2,357 1,939,033
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3.3 23
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 2.3% 6.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 13.6% 21.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 17.1% 32.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 36.6% 23.2%
65 OR OLDER 30.5% 16.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 1,085 675,323
Single Parent Households With Children 6.4% 7.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.0% 91.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 27.6% 30.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.1% 14.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.3% 17.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.4% 14.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.3% 19.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 24.9% 16.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.2% 11.1%
$15,000 or less 5.8% 7.0%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,651 $1,848,978 49.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $694 $192,932 5.2%
Staff $396 $110,088 3.0%
General Administration $665 $184,870 5.0%
School Administration $270 $75,060 2.0%
Operation $1,687 $468,986 12.6%
Transportation $946 $262,988 7.1%
Other $324 $90,072 2.4%
Total Support $4,982 $1,384,996 37.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,709 $475,102 12.8%
Total Expenditures $13,342 $3,709,076 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $4,898 $1,539,635,462 53.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $479 $150,680,165 5.3%
Staff $417 $131,207,114 4.6%
General Administration $191 $59,930,612 2.1%
School Administration $473 $148,591,087 5.2%
Operation $731 $229,883,557 8.1%
Transportation $334 $105,090,900 3.7%
Other $242 $76,170,536 2.7%
Total Support $2,868 $901,482,349 31.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,318 $414,436,918 14.5%
Total Expenditures $9,084 $2,855,631,599 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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