The top reported proficiency rate is 48% in English language arts. The lowest is 44% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Amity Elementary School
Amity Elementary School sits on the west side of Boise, serving students from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade as part of Boise Independent District. It is a regular public school, neither a charter nor a magnet, and it draws from the residential neighborhoods of a city that functions as Idaho's capital and its largest population center. The surrounding zip code carries home values above the national norm and roughly in line with the statewide benchmark, while rents remain moderate relative to local household incomes. For a family weighing this area, the housing market leans toward ownership costs that outpace renting, which is worth keeping in mind alongside school fit.
The student body is moderate in size for an elementary spanning those grade levels. A substantial majority of students identify as white, with a Hispanic population forming the next largest group, and smaller shares across Asian, Black, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and multiracial categories. About a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, which sits below what many urban elementary schools see but still represents a meaningful portion of the community. The school does not report its English learner or special education population rates, so a parent wanting to understand those support services would need to ask the school directly.
On state assessments, the most recent Idaho ISAT results tell a mixed story that shifts by grade and subject. Third-grade math stands out as a relative strength, with a clear majority of tested students reaching proficiency. That mark declines as students move into fourth and fifth grade, where math proficiency falls to the lower end of the spectrum, before partially recovering in sixth grade. The fifth-grade math result is the softest spot in the school's profile, and a parent may want to look into this further with the school, particularly whether class composition or curricular transitions play a role. English language arts is steadier across the grades where results are reported, hovering near the midpoint, with third and fifth grade both landing close to half of tested students proficient. Several ELA grade-level results and the fifth-grade science result were suppressed in the public data, likely reflecting small tested groups or privacy thresholds, so those gaps reflect reporting constraints rather than any verdict on performance. No participation rates or average scale scores were available, and the multi-year trend data returned figures that appear internally inconsistent, so we left trend analysis out rather than guess.
Beyond test results, the publicly available picture of Amity is thin. The school's locale classification, discipline data, course access details, staffing ratios, and attendance figures were not reported in the sources we reviewed. Title I status is also unlisted, so it is unclear whether the school receives federal Title I funding. Program offerings were not available either. None of these absences indicate a problem at the school; they reflect what the published datasets include for this building.
The broader context is Boise itself, a city that blends state government, a major university, and a growing technology sector anchored by employers such as Micron Technology, Hewlett-Packard, and IDACORP. Downtown concentrates cultural and civic life around the Boise River Greenbelt, the Idaho State Capitol, Julia Davis Park, and the Basque Block, with Boise State University's campus sitting adjacent to the core. The west side where Amity sits is more residential and auto-oriented than the walkable downtown corridor. The broader Treasure Valley metro area has absorbed sustained in-migration, and housing values in the school's zip code have edged upward at a modest pace, tracking close to the state benchmark while sitting well above the national one.
For Boise Independent District, we searched for recent parent-relevant changes and found little of lasting impact reported in the available sources, so there is nothing concrete to flag here. A family considering Amity would be looking at a conventional public elementary in an established Boise neighborhood, with solid early-grade math results, middling reading performance, and a noticeable dip in upper-elementary math that is worth asking about. The missing data fields mean the visit and the questions that follow from it will matter more than usual.
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