The top reported proficiency rate is 46% in Math. The lowest is 41% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Fox Hollow Elementary School
Fox Hollow Elementary sits on Genevieve Street 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, drawing from the residential neighborhoods of a city that, as publicly reported sources describe, functions as the commercial, cultural, and healthcare hub for Eastern Idaho and parts of Wyoming and Montana.
The school's enrollment is moderate for an elementary building, with fairly even class sizes across kindergarten through fifth grade and a smaller sixth-grade cohort. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places Fox Hollow among schools serving a working-class population. The student body is majority white with a sizable Hispanic presence, reflecting the broader demographics of the Idaho Falls area. Information on English learner and special education enrollment was not available in the data we reviewed.
On state assessments, Fox Hollow's English language arts results tell a mixed story across the grades tested. Third grade posts a proficiency rate below the halfway mark, fourth grade edges higher, and fifth grade reaches the school's strongest showing, with a slim majority of students meeting or exceeding proficiency. Sixth grade then drops to the lowest ELA rate in the building. Math is harder to assess. Third grade is reported at a level just under half proficient, while grades four through six were suppressed in the state's reporting, with only wide ranges published. Suppressed ranges do not reliably indicate actual performance, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about math outcomes in the upper grades. Fifth-grade science proficiency sits below the halfway mark as well.
No graduation rate applies here, since Fox Hollow does not serve high school grades. The same is true of college and career readiness measures, which are not relevant for this grade band.
Idaho Falls itself is a city shaped by its relationship with Idaho National Laboratory, the region's dominant employer, whose research and education campus sits just north of downtown alongside facilities for the University of Idaho, Idaho State University, Boise State University, and the University of Wyoming. Publicly reported sources describe the city's economy as largely agricultural until the federal research presence took hold, with retail, medical, and restaurant sectors added since the 1990s. The Snake River winds through the historic downtown core, with a river walk trail system, farmers' market, Museum of Idaho, Colonial Theatre, and Japanese Friendship Garden providing civic and cultural life. The Numbered Streets neighborhood, the city's first planned residential area, and the newer Snake River Landing mixed-use development on the west side of the river round out the built environment.
Housing in the school's zip code is modestly priced relative to Idaho as a whole, sitting close to the national benchmark for typical home values. Rents are affordable relative to local incomes. The gap between estimated monthly mortgage costs and rents is wide enough that renting costs considerably less than buying at current interest rates, which may matter to families weighing a move into the attendance zone.
We searched for recent parent-relevant changes in District 91 and found little of lasting impact documented, so we left that aside rather than speculate. Data on discipline, staffing ratios, course access, attendance, and Title I status was not available in the sources we reviewed, which limits the picture. What the available evidence does show is an elementary school in a growing regional city, serving a working-class student body, with mid-range literacy results that peak in the middle grades and soften at the upper end, alongside math and science performance that sits below the proficiency midpoint where it can be measured.
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