The top reported proficiency rate is 46% in Math. The lowest is 43% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Henrys Fork Elementary
Henrys Fork Elementary sits in St. Anthony, the county seat of Fremont County, Idaho, along the Henrys Fork of the Snake River. The town is a small civic hub about a short drive northeast of Rexburg, connected by US Highway 20, and serves as a gateway toward Island Park and Yellowstone. Publicly reported sources describe a community anchored by government and education: the Fremont County Courthouse, the post office, and the schools themselves are the principal institutions. The Idaho Department of Correction also operates a work camp in the city. No large private-sector employers were identified in available sources, which gives the town a distinctly public-sector character. Recreation is a defining feature of the area, with the Greenway Trail along the river, city parks, a swimming area, baseball diamonds, a skate park, and the St. Anthony Sand Dunes to the north, a large wilderness study area known for wintering elk.
The school is a regular public elementary serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, part of the Fremont County Joint District. It is a sizable elementary for the area, with enrollment distributed fairly evenly across the grade levels. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic profile of the community. The student body is predominantly white, with a sizable Hispanic population and small representations from other racial and ethnic groups. Data on English learners and students with individualized education programs was not available, which is a gap a parent may want to ask the school about directly.
On state assessments, the most recent ISAT results paint a mixed academic picture. In math, third-grade proficiency starts on the stronger side, with well over half of tested students meeting the benchmark. That figure declines as students move up, with fourth grade dipping below half and fifth grade lower still. This downward slide in math from third to fifth grade is a pattern a parent may want to look into further with the school, to understand what is driving the drop and what supports are in place for upper elementary students. English language arts tells a different story. Proficiency is more steady across the middle grades and rises by fifth grade, where over half of tested students reach proficiency. Fifth-grade science results land near the middle, with roughly four in ten students proficient.
We looked for multi-year trend data but what was returned did not appear reliable enough to characterize, so we are leaving it out rather than guess. No participation rates or average scale scores were reported in the available data. The Fremont County Joint District itself yielded little of lasting impact from the search for recent parent-relevant changes, so there is nothing to report there.
St. Anthony is growing modestly, according to publicly reported estimates, with population inching upward since the most recent census. The housing market shows values above the national benchmark but below the Idaho state benchmark, and the area has seen stronger year-over-year appreciation than both the state and national figures. Rent data was not available for this location. With estimated monthly mortgage costs well above what renting would cost at the national level, the affordability picture leans toward renting for families who have that option, though local rental availability is something we cannot speak to from the data on hand. The broader economic context includes a national unemployment rate that has held steady, and a national median household income that has risen modestly over time.
Because this is an elementary school, there is no graduation rate to report, and college or career readiness data does not apply at this grade band. We looked for information on discipline, course access, staffing, attendance, and Title I status, but those fields were not available in the data provided. A family considering Henrys Fork Elementary would be looking at a school in a small, river-town setting with outdoor recreation close at hand, a student body with meaningful economic diversity, early-grade math results that start reasonably well but soften in the upper grades, and ELA results that hold their own and improve by fifth grade. The gaps in the data are real, and filling them in with the school directly would give a fuller picture of day-to-day support and programming.
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