The top reported proficiency rate is 53% in English language arts. The lowest is 38% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Hayden Canyon Charter School Inc.
Hayden Canyon Charter School Inc. is a single-school charter district in Kootenai County, Idaho, serving kindergarten through eighth grade. The enrollment is modest for its grade band, with students spread fairly evenly across the nine grade levels. The student body is predominantly white, with a small Hispanic presence and trace representation from other racial and ethnic groups. The data does not include free-or-reduced-price lunch counts, special-education rates, or English-learner figures, so the socioeconomic and special-population picture is incomplete. A parent wanting to understand those dimensions would need to ask the school directly.
On Idaho's ISAT assessment for the most recent school year, English language arts results are the stronger thread. Third and fourth grade proficiency sits near the midpoint, while fourth grade stands out as a relative high point. Sixth grade posts the highest ELA proficiency in the building. Fifth grade dips well below the others, and seventh and eighth settle into a middling range. The ELA picture, taken across grades, is uneven but generally lands in the moderate-to-solid range, with a few grades performing well.
Math tells a more concerning story. Third and fourth grade proficiency hovers near the midpoint, but once students move into sixth and seventh grade, proficiency drops sharply. Those middle-grade math results are the weakest part of the academic profile here. Fifth and eighth grade math results were suppressed, with only a range provided, so a precise read is not possible for those grades. Science was tested only in fifth and eighth grade, and both were suppressed as well. The lack of reported science scores means a parent has limited public information to go on for that subject. No multi-year trend data is available, so there is no way to compare these results against prior years from the data provided.
The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate, no AP or dual-credit information, and no college-readiness data to report. That is a function of the grade band, not a gap in reporting.
Publicly reported district information points to two developments a family should weigh. The school made a major capital construction investment in fiscal year 2022-2023, expanding or improving its physical learning environment. That kind of facility growth can signal stability and investment in the program. At the same time, the charter is undergoing its first five-year contract renewal review, with its current operating certificate set to expire in mid-2025 and renewal decisions required before then. This is a normal part of the charter lifecycle, but for families thinking about long-term enrollment, it is worth understanding where that process stands.
No locale brief, community economic context, housing data, or neighbor comparison was available for this entity, so there is no picture here of the surrounding housing market, drive times, or how the school sits relative to other districts in Kootenai County. No information on program offerings, staffing ratios, discipline, attendance, or course access was provided either.
What the available data does show is a small K-8 charter with a generally solid ELA profile, a clear soft spot in middle-grade math, and several suppressed scores that limit the full picture. The recent capital investment suggests the school is putting resources into its physical plant, and the pending charter renewal is a concrete item a prospective family should ask about. For a parent weighing this school, the most productive next step would be to ask Hayden Canyon directly about its math curriculum through the middle grades, its science instruction, and the status of its contract renewal.
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