The top reported proficiency rate is 33% in English language arts. The lowest is 27% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on North Valley Academy Inc.
North Valley Academy Inc. is a single-school district in Idaho serving students from kindergarten through twelfth grade. The enrollment is small, with roughly a dozen to two dozen students per grade in the elementary and middle grades and far fewer in the high school grades. The student body is predominantly white, with a sizable Hispanic minority and very small numbers of students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds. The district comprises one school, North Valley Academy, which is currently open and operating.
Because the district is so small, much of the state assessment data from the most recent year is either suppressed or missing entirely. In math, only two grade levels produced reportable proficiency rates, and both fell below the midpoint of what Idaho typically sees statewide. Third grade math showed roughly a quarter of tested students reaching proficiency, and seventh grade was in a similar range. Several other math grade levels had results suppressed for small-cell privacy reasons or were simply not reported. The picture in English language arts is similar: one grade level showed about a third of students proficient, while the remaining grades were suppressed or missing. Science results for both tested grade levels were suppressed. Average scale scores were not available for any grade or subject. Participation rates were also missing across the board.
The pattern here is characteristic of very small schools and districts. When only a handful of students sit in a grade level, state testing agencies frequently suppress results to protect student privacy, and a single student's performance can swing a proficiency rate dramatically. A parent looking at these results should understand that the available numbers reflect very small groups and may not paint a stable picture of the school's overall academic performance. The data sections on this page carry the specific figures for anyone who wants to see them, but the prose will not repeat them here.
Free and reduced-price lunch data was not available, so we cannot speak to the economic makeup of the student body. Special population data, including individualized education program counts and English learner counts, was also missing. Without these figures, it is hard to assess what support infrastructure the school may need or already have in place.
We looked for the district's strategic priorities, recent curriculum changes, ballot measures, or other parent-relevant developments and found no reports of any. The district brief returned only directory and profile information. This does not mean nothing is happening; it means the available sources did not surface anything for us to relay. A parent interested in the school's direction would do well to contact the school directly.
No locale brief was provided for this district, so we cannot describe the surrounding community, housing market, commute patterns, or economic context. We also did not receive a comparison fact-set positioning this district among its neighbors, so we cannot say how it stacks up against other districts in its county or region. These gaps limit the picture considerably.
No graduation rate was included in the data. Given that the district does serve high school grades, this is a gap a parent may want to look into further with the school, particularly because the high school grades have very few students enrolled. No civil-rights data, course-access information, staffing figures, attendance data, or program offerings were provided either. Without staffing numbers, we cannot speak to class sizes or teacher experience. Without course-access data, we cannot confirm whether advanced coursework, career-technical programs, or dual-credit opportunities exist.
What we can say is that North Valley Academy is a very small, single-school district serving a full kindergarten-through-twelfth-grade span in Idaho. Its size means that peer groups are tight and potentially close-knit, and the same adults may work with students across many grades. It also means that statewide testing data is fragmentary and hard to read. For a family considering this school, the most productive next step would be to visit, ask about the curriculum and support structures directly, and get a feel for whether the intimate setting suits their child.
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