The top reported proficiency rate is 69% in English language arts. The lowest is 52% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Lake Hazel Elementary School
Lake Hazel Elementary is a regular public school in Joint School District No. 2, serving prekindergarten through fifth grade on Boise's west side along Lake Hazel Road. The school sits in a growing part of the broader Boise metro, which has drawn sustained in-migration and technology investment over recent years. Boise itself functions as Idaho's capital and largest city, with a downtown core of cultural and civic institutions and auto-oriented suburban development in outer areas. Lake Hazel's location places it in that suburban ring.
Academically, the school's state assessment results from the most recent year show a clear majority of tested students reaching proficiency in English language arts across third, fourth, and fifth grades. Fifth grade posts the school's strongest ELA result, while third grade leads in math. Fourth grade sits at the lower end in both subjects. Science, tested only in fifth grade, is the clear soft spot, with just over half of fifth graders reaching proficiency. A parent may want to look into how science instruction is structured across the earlier grades and whether the school has plans to strengthen it.
The student body is moderate in size for an elementary school, with a typical number of sections per grade. The demographic profile is predominantly white, with a Hispanic or Latino population that forms a meaningful minority and a smaller group of students identifying as two or more races. A modest share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, pointing to relatively limited economic need among the school's families. Information on students with individualized education programs and English learners was not available, so those pieces of the student-support picture remain unclear. The school's Title I status was also not reported.
The broader community context is one of steady growth and relative affluence. Boise's publicly reported economy centers on technology, government, healthcare, and education, with Micron Technology as a major employer and Boise State University anchoring the academic sector. The Boise River Greenbelt, a well-known urban trail system, and the downtown cultural corridor give the city its recreational and civic identity. For families at Lake Hazel Elementary, these amenities sit a drive away rather than at the doorstep. The school's immediate surroundings are suburban, and daily life here likely revolves around neighborhood routines and car-based errands.
Housing values in the school's zip code run somewhat above the state benchmark and well above the national one. Monthly mortgage costs sit substantially higher than rents, a gap that reflects both elevated home prices and the current mortgage rate environment. Rents, while less costly than owning, still take up a meaningful share of a typical household's income.
The parent district, Joint School District No. 2, is one of the larger districts in the state and covers a swath of the Boise area. We looked for recent district-level changes that might affect families and found little of lasting impact reported, so there is nothing concrete to flag here. Program offerings, course access, staffing ratios, attendance data, and disciplinary records were not available for this school. No neighbor comparison was provided, which means we cannot position Lake Hazel against nearby elementaries on the metrics a parent might want to compare.
What the available evidence shows is a school with steady performance in the core tested subjects of reading and math, a science result that lags behind those, and a community that is growing and relatively stable economically. For a family drawn to the west Boise suburbs, Lake Hazel offers a conventional public elementary pathway with results that hold up in literacy and numeracy, with the caveat that science outcomes warrant a closer question.
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