The top reported proficiency rate is 32% in English language arts. The lowest is 23% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Heritage Community Charter School Inc.
Heritage Community Charter School Inc. operates a single charter school in Caldwell, Idaho, serving kindergarten through eighth grade. The enrollment is modest for a K-through-8 charter, with roughly even class sizes in the early grades that narrow somewhat by middle school. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a White minority and only a handful of students from other racial backgrounds. This is a fairly homogeneous school in terms of race and ethnicity for the area.
State assessment data comes from the most recent Idaho ISAT results. In English language arts, the school shows moderate proficiency across most grade levels, with third grade and eighth grade the relative bright spots and a dip in the middle grades. The ELA results are fairly consistent year to year within grades, sitting below what Idaho typically expects but not dramatically so in the earlier grades. A parent looking at these numbers would see a school where roughly a third of students reach proficiency in reading in the strongest grades, and somewhat fewer in the weakest.
Math tells a more concerning story. Third and fourth grade proficiency starts at a moderate level, but results drop sharply beginning in fifth grade and fall quite low by sixth grade, where only a small fraction of tested students reach proficiency. Seventh grade remains low, and eighth grade recovers only partially. The trajectory suggests that as students move into upper elementary and middle school math, a substantial majority are not meeting grade-level benchmarks. A parent may want to look into how the school supports math instruction in the upper grades and what intervention or tutoring options exist.
Science was tested only in fifth and eighth grade, as is standard in Idaho. Results in both grades were low, with fewer than a quarter of students reaching proficiency in eighth grade science. This aligns with the broader pattern of weaker upper-grade performance across subjects.
No multi-year trend data is available beyond the current year, so it is not possible to say whether these results represent an improvement or decline. Average scale scores and participation rates were not reported, which limits the picture further.
Several pieces of information that parents often rely on were not available. Free or reduced-price lunch data was missing, so the economic profile of the student body cannot be characterized from what was provided. Special education and English learner counts were also not reported, which means the share of students receiving those services is unknown. No locale brief was provided for Caldwell, so community context, housing values, and commute patterns are not covered here. The district brief searched for recent parent-relevant changes but found none to report.
No program offerings, course access, extracurriculars, or staffing data were included, so the academic pathway beyond tested subjects cannot be described. No civil-rights data on discipline, access, or harassment was provided. There is no comparison fact-set positioning this school against neighboring districts or charters, so its relative standing among peers in the county is not available from the data.
Because Heritage serves only kindergarten through eighth grade, there is no graduation rate to report. That metric does not apply to this grade band. Similarly, college readiness indicators, AP or dual-credit offerings, and career pathway data would typically come at the high school level and are absent here, likely because the school does not extend into those grades.
What the available data does say is this: Heritage Community Charter is a small, predominantly Hispanic K-through-8 charter in Caldwell where English language arts results are moderate and fairly steady, while math results weaken considerably as students move into the upper grades. Families considering this school would benefit from asking directly about math support in grades five through eight, about special education and English learner services, and about what the daily program looks like beyond what state testing captures.
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