The top reported proficiency rate is 57% in English language arts. The lowest is 46% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Temple View Elementary School
Temple View Elementary sits on Scorpius Drive in Idaho Falls, serving children from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade as part of Idaho Falls School District 91. It is a regular public school, the kind of neighborhood elementary that draws from the residential areas of a city functioning as the commercial and healthcare hub for Eastern Idaho and parts of neighboring Wyoming and Montana.
Idaho Falls has a distinct economic character. The city shifted from an agricultural base to dependence on Idaho National Laboratory jobs, and since the 1990s has built out substantial retail, restaurant, and medical sectors. Publicly reported sources describe the downtown as concentrated along the Snake River, with plazas, shops, a farmers' market, the Museum of Idaho, the Colonial Theatre, and a river walk trail system that anchors recreation. The College of Eastern Idaho, the region's community college, operates nearby, and research facilities connected to several universities sit just north of downtown. For a family considering Temple View, this means a child grows up in a mid-sized regional center with cultural amenities and a research-driven economy rather than a purely rural setting.
The school's enrollment is modest for an elementary spanning this grade range, with fairly even class sizes across most grades. The student body is predominantly white, with a substantial Hispanic population and small representations from other groups. A moderate share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, suggesting a mix of working-class and middle-class families rather than concentrated poverty. Information on English learner enrollment and special education participation was not available in the data provided, so those pieces of the school's profile remain unnamed here.
On state assessments, the most recent ISAT results paint a mixed academic picture. Math proficiency across grades three through six sits in a middling band, with fairly comparable rates at each grade level and no single grade standing far apart from the others. English language arts results were partly suppressed by the state for privacy reasons at grades three, four, and five, meaning the state reported only a wide possible range rather than a precise figure for those grades. Sixth-grade ELA, the one grade with a reported result, showed a higher proficiency level than the math results. Fifth-grade science was similarly suppressed. A parent looking at these results would see a school performing in the moderate range on math with a brighter spot in upper-grade reading, though the suppressed results make a fuller judgment difficult. Average scale scores were not reported, and participation rates were unavailable.
The housing market around Temple View is relatively accessible compared with the rest of Idaho. Typical home values in the school's zip code sit below the statewide benchmark and close to the national figure, with rents similarly modest. Renting costs meaningfully less per month than carrying a mortgage at current rates, which may matter for families weighing whether to buy or rent in the attendance area. Home values have been creeping upward but at a gentle pace.
Several categories where parents often want information were absent from the available data. The school's Title I status was not reported. Discipline data, course access, staffing levels, and attendance figures were not available. No program offerings were listed. The district brief for Idaho Falls School District 91 noted little in the way of recently reported parent-relevant changes, so there is no major shift to flag. A family considering Temple View would benefit from asking the school directly about specialized programs, intervention services, and how the school supports students performing below proficiency in math, where the results suggest room for growth.
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