The top reported proficiency rate is 58% in English language arts. The lowest is 39% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Preston Jr High School
Preston Jr High School sits in the small city of Preston, the county seat of Franklin County in southeastern Idaho. The town rests along U.S. Highway 91, a short drive north of Logan, Utah, and belongs to the Logan metropolitan area. Founded by LDS pioneers, Preston retains strong cultural ties to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Community events like the Idaho Festival of Lights and That Famous Preston Night Rodeo anchor local life through the year. The built environment follows a traditional small-town grid with State Street as the main artery. School facilities sit on the periphery of the immediate downtown, close to but somewhat removed from the commercial corridor. No public transit system serves the area.
The school serves sixth through eighth grade as a regular public school in Preston Joint School District. Enrollment is moderate for a middle-school grade band, with students spread fairly evenly across the grades. The student body is predominantly white, with a meaningful Hispanic presence and very small numbers from other racial or ethnic backgrounds. About a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The data does not include IEP or English learner counts, so the size of those populations is something a parent would need to ask the school about directly.
On Idaho's ISAT, the most recent results tell a mixed story. English language arts is the school's stronger area. More than half of students reached proficiency in each grade, with seventh grade posting the highest rate. Math results are softer. Proficiency sits below half across all grades, and eighth grade falls well below the other two. Eighth-grade science, the only science grade tested at this school, lands near the midpoint. A parent weighing this school might want to look into how the school supports math in the final year of middle school, given that eighth-grade result.
No graduation rate applies here because the school does not serve high school grades. State testing is the main academic window available, and no trend data reliable enough to compare year over year was present.
Housing in the school's zip code sits below the Idaho state benchmark but above the national one. The ratio of home prices to local incomes runs high for a community of this size, pointing to a market that is less affordable than incomes might suggest despite relatively modest absolute price levels. Rent data was not available for this area. The broader community has experienced modest, steady population growth over recent census cycles, with no major new housing developments identified in publicly available sources.
We looked for recent district-level changes that would matter to parents, such as program launches, boundary shifts, or facility investments, but found little clearing a lasting-impact bar, so there is nothing to report there rather than guess.
The school does not carry charter or magnet designation. Title I status was not reported. Data on discipline, course access, staffing, and attendance was not provided, so those dimensions of school environment are not part of this picture. A parent wanting a fuller sense of day-to-day climate and program offerings would want to ask the school directly.
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