The top reported proficiency rate is 56% in Science. The lowest is 51% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Maple Grove Elementary School
Maple Grove Elementary sits in the western part of Boise, serving pre-kindergarten through sixth grade as part of the Boise Independent District. It is a regular public school, neither a charter nor a magnet, drawing from a residential stretch of the city where single-family homes dominate and the Boise River Greenbelt is a short distance away for families who use it.
The student body is moderate in size for an elementary building spanning primary and upper grades. It is predominantly white, with a Hispanic population making up the next largest share and small representations from other racial and ethnic groups. A relatively modest portion of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, lower than what many urban elementary schools see, which points to a more economically stable enrollment base. Data on English learners and students with individualized education programs was not available in the records we reviewed, so we cannot characterize those populations here. Boise Independent District itself is the large urban district anchoring Idaho's capital city, and Maple Grove is one of its neighborhood schools.
On Idaho's state assessments, Maple Grove's results paint a mixed but recognizable picture. In English language arts, proficiency holds fairly steady from third through sixth grade, sitting in a middling band across those years, with fourth grade the strongest. Math tells a different story. Fourth grade stands out as a clear bright spot, with a solid majority of tested students reaching proficiency, but results soften in fifth and especially sixth grade, where fewer than half demonstrate grade-level command of the subject. Science, tested only in fifth grade at this level, lands in a respectable range, with a majority proficient. Average scale scores were not reported, and participation rates were missing from the available data. We also looked for multi-year trend information and found the data did not support a reliable year-over-year comparison, so we left it out rather than guess.
The neighborhood around Maple Grove reflects Boise's broader growth story. The city has absorbed steady in-migration for years, fueled by a technology sector anchored by Micron and complemented by state government, healthcare, and education employers including Boise State University. Home values in the school's zip code run above the state benchmark and well above the national one, and the price-to-income ratio suggests that buying here stretches household budgets. At current mortgage rates, the monthly cost of ownership far exceeds local rents, which makes the rental market comparatively accessible for families not yet positioned to buy. Rents themselves have crept upward, tracking the broader shelter-cost inflation visible across the country.
Boise as a city offers families a mix of outdoor access and urban convenience. The Greenbelt trail system, parks, and a walkable downtown core with cultural institutions give the city a layered feel, though the areas around schools like Maple Grove are largely auto-oriented. The district searched for recent parent-relevant changes and found little of lasting impact reported, so there is no specific bond, boundary shift, or program overhaul to flag here.
Where the data thins out, a few gaps are worth naming. We found no civil-rights data, no course-access information, no staffing figures, and no attendance or discipline records for this school. Title I status was not reported. Program offerings were not available. A parent wanting to understand what happens inside classrooms day to day, or how the school supports struggling learners, would want to ask the school directly, particularly about the downward slide in math proficiency between fourth and sixth grade. That pattern alone does not define a school, but it is the kind of thing a family might explore before enrolling, especially if a child is approaching the upper elementary years.
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