The top reported proficiency rate is 54% in English language arts. The lowest is 24% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Tigert Middle School
Tigert Middle School sits in Soda Springs, the county seat of Caribou County, Idaho. It serves grades five through eight as a regular public school within the Soda Springs Joint District. The enrollment is modest for a middle school, with students spread fairly evenly across the four grades. The student body is predominantly white, with a small Hispanic presence and a few students from other racial backgrounds. About a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
Soda Springs is a small town whose publicly reported character is rooted in Oregon Trail history and natural carbonated springs. The compact downtown centers on Geyser Park and the visitor area behind the Enders Hotel, with the Caribou County Courthouse nearby. The town has a traditional grid layout, with grocery stores, pharmacies, restaurants, hardware and ranch stores, a walk-in theater, and a drive-in theater. Multiple parks offer playgrounds, pavilions, trails, and a disc golf course. Caribou Medical Center is a named healthcare employer, and the city promotes itself as a location for industry, agriculture, and business, with phosphate mining and processing historically important in the region. The city describes itself as having growth potential, though specific new housing developments or commercial construction projects were not identified in the available research.
The academic picture at Tigert Middle School is partial. State testing data from the most recent year shows fifth-grade results that are fully reported: in English language arts, a majority of tested students reached proficiency, while in math, roughly a quarter did. This is a clear gap between the two subjects at the fifth-grade level. For grades six through eight, proficiency rates were suppressed in the state data, reported only as wide ranges. In math, the upper bounds of those ranges suggest that proficiency is likely modest across the upper grades. In English language arts, the ranges are somewhat wider, with upper bounds that could indicate stronger performance in some grades, but the suppression means a precise read is not possible from the available data. Science results for fifth and eighth grades were also reported as ranges. A parent may want to ask the school for more detailed breakdowns of grade-level performance, particularly in math, where the fifth-grade figure and the upper-bound ranges for older grades point to a softer area.
Several data fields that would help round out the picture are missing. Special education and English learner rates were not available. Participation rates were not reported for any grade or subject. Information on staffing, attendance, discipline, course access, and Title I status was absent. Program offerings were not listed. Civil rights data was not provided. The school's locale classification was not reported, though Soda Springs is clearly a rural small-town setting.
Housing in the Soda Springs area is relatively affordable compared with state and national benchmarks. Home values in the school's zip code sit well below the Idaho state benchmark and modestly below the national benchmark, with recent year-over-year appreciation that outpaces both. Rent data was not available. The estimated monthly mortgage cost against current rates reflects what a buyer would face in a market where prices remain below many Idaho communities.
No district-level information about recent bonds, levies, or strategic initiatives was available from the search, so a parent would need to contact the Soda Springs Joint District directly for current priorities and any facility or program investments under consideration.
For a family weighing Tigert Middle School, the academic evidence points to English language arts as the stronger subject at the fifth-grade level, while math is the clearer soft spot across the grades. The town offers a quiet, historically rooted community with outdoor recreation close at hand and housing costs that remain modest by Idaho standards. The gaps in the available data, particularly in upper-grade proficiency detail and in staffing and program information, mean that a visit and direct conversation with the school would be the most useful next step.
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