The top reported proficiency rate is 55% in English language arts. The lowest is 43% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Connor Academy
Connor Academy is a charter elementary school in Chubbuck, Idaho, serving kindergarten through fifth grade. It operates under The Academy, Inc., a charter entity separate from the Pocatello/Chubbuck School District that runs the traditional public schools in the area. The school sits in a growing residential suburb of Pocatello, a community that has built its identity around being distinct from its larger neighbor and has repeatedly declined consolidation proposals going back decades.
The school enrolls a moderate number of students for a K through five campus, with the distribution fairly even across the upper grades and fewer kindergartners. The student body is predominantly White, with a Hispanic minority representing the next largest group. Smaller numbers of students identify as Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, American Indian or Alaska Native, or two or more races. We looked for free-or-reduced-price lunch rates, special education enrollment, and English learner counts, but these figures were not reported in the available data. A parent may want to ask the school directly about its student support services, since the public data does not show how many students receive those supports or what programs are in place to serve them.
On Idaho's state assessments, the most recent results show a mixed picture across the three tested grades. Third and fourth graders perform at a moderate level in both math and English language arts, with a majority of tested students reaching proficiency in each subject and grade. Fifth grade tells a different story. Math proficiency drops by a meaningful margin, and science results for that grade are similarly low. English language arts in fifth grade sits just above the halfway mark but still trails the third and fourth grade results. This pattern of stronger early-grade performance followed by a decline by fifth grade is visible across all subjects. The school does not report average scale scores or participation rates, so it is hard to compare performance more precisely against state benchmarks. Trend data was available but appeared incomplete, so we left it out rather than present an unreliable comparison.
Because Connor Academy serves only kindergarten through fifth grade, there is no graduation rate to report and no middle or high school assessment data. Kindergarten, first, and second grades are not tested under Idaho's state system, which is why results appear only for grades three through five.
Chubbuck itself is a compact, nearly entirely residential city with a commercial strip along Yellowstone Avenue serving as the closest thing to a downtown. The city has grown steadily and substantially over decades, with very low housing vacancy pointing to tight supply and ongoing demand. Home values in the school's zip code sit below the Idaho state average, making the area more accessible for homebuyers than much of the state, and rents run at a moderate level. The broader economic environment features a steady unemployment rate and mortgage rates in the mid-six-percent range, which shapes what families are navigating when they weigh housing costs against school choice.
The Academy, Inc. brief turned up no parent-relevant district changes, so there is little to report on recent governance or program shifts. No information was available about staffing ratios, discipline data, attendance rates, course offerings, or Title I status. These gaps mean a family considering Connor Academy should contact the school directly for details about class sizes, teacher qualifications, special education and English learner services, and any enrichment or intervention programs.
What the data does show is a charter elementary option with solid early-grade proficiency that softens by fifth grade, serving a mostly White student body in a growing, relatively affordable suburb. Families looking for a charter alternative in the Pocatello area may find it worth exploring, particularly if they can get answers to the questions the public data leaves open.
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