The top reported proficiency rate is 75% in English language arts. The lowest is 57% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Rolling Hills Public Charter School Inc.
Rolling Hills Public Charter School Inc. is a single-campus charter district in Idaho serving kindergarten through eighth grade. It operates one school, Rolling Hills Public Charter, and the enrollment is small for its grade band, with roughly two dozen students per grade. That small size shapes much of what follows, because cohort-by-cohort testing results swing widely and several grade-level scores are suppressed or reported only as ranges rather than point estimates.
The student body is predominantly white, with a Hispanic minority and a smaller group identifying as two or more races. A single Asian student rounds out the enrollment. The data we received does not include free-or-reduced-price lunch counts, individualized education program rates, or English learner figures, so we cannot characterize the school's poverty concentration or special-population serving from what was provided. A parent may want to ask the school directly about those indicators.
On state testing, the picture is partial but informative where results are available. In math, third graders tested at a proficiency rate that sits above a clear majority of students reaching proficiency, and eighth graders did similarly well, with a solid share scoring proficient or above. Fifth grade math was weaker, with fewer than half of tested students reaching proficiency. Fourth, sixth, and seventh grade math results were either suppressed or reported only as wide ranges, which is common when cohort sizes are small enough that individual scores could be identified. In English language arts, the strongest available result came from eighth grade, where a large majority of students demonstrated proficiency. Several other ELA grades were reported as ranges, and fourth grade ELA was missing entirely. Science was tested only in fifth and eighth grade, both reported as broad ranges, so the data does not support a firm read on science outcomes.
What stands out from the available numbers is that the school's oldest students appear to be leaving with relatively strong math and ELA results, while a middle grade, fifth, shows a softer spot in math. A parent evaluating this school for a younger child may want to look into how the school supports students through that transition, especially given that so many grade-level results are too small to report cleanly.
The district brief flags a publicly reported change that families should weigh carefully. Starting in the 2025-2026 school year, Rolling Hills Public Charter School merged with North Star Charter School, consolidating operations. According to the Idaho Public Charter Commission and the school's own website, this merger affects enrollment, school identity, and potentially curriculum and governance. Record requests for Rolling Hills are now being routed through North Star Charter. For a parent reading this, that means the profile captured here reflects the pre-merger institution, and the school a family would encounter going forward may look different in structure, leadership, and possibly program offerings. This is probably the single most important context for anyone considering Rolling Hills right now.
We looked for locale information, housing data, community and economic context, program offerings, staffing details, discipline data, course access, and a neighbor comparison set, but none was available in the materials provided. The absence of housing and community data means we cannot characterize the surrounding real estate market or neighborhood setting. The absence of program and staffing information means we cannot describe extracurricular offerings, specialized instruction, or teacher ratios. And because the school serves only through eighth grade, there is no graduation rate to report; that metric applies to high schools and does not exist for this entity.
In sum, Rolling Hills is a small, single-campus charter serving elementary and middle grades with a largely homogeneous student body and promising proficiency results at its upper grades in math and ELA, a softer middle-grade math result, and a substantial amount of testing data too small to report cleanly. The merger with North Star Charter is the dominant fact a family should investigate before making any decision, as it reshapes the institution going forward in ways the available data cannot yet capture.
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