How equitable is school funding in Idaho?

The average funding equity score for Idaho school districts is 48 out of 100, compared to the national average of 49. This score considers per-pupil spending, need-adjusted spending, funding source diversity, and student-teacher ratios.

What does the equity score measure?

The equity score (0-100) measures four dimensions: per-pupil spending level, need-adjusted spending (rewarding districts that spend more where poverty is higher), funding diversity (less reliance on local property taxes), and resource access (lower student-teacher ratios).

Idaho · NCES F-33 finance data

School Funding Equity in Idaho

146 districts ranked by how equitably school funding is distributed, scored from NCES F-33 school finance data covering districts in all 50 states.

Compiled by PlainSchools, Education-data publisher · August 26, 2026

The equity picture in one line

Plummer-Worley Joint District ranks first in Idaho for funding equity at 95/100, in a state whose districts average 48 against a national average of 49.

95/100
top score (Plummer-Worley Joint District): $21,213
per-pupil spending in the top district: 21
districts scoring 70 or higher: 26
districts below 30

#	District	Enrollment	$/Pupil	Free Lunch	Local Rev %	Score
1	Plummer-Worley Joint District	357	$21,213	71.2%	3.0%	95
2	Lapwai District	519	$20,539	30.6%	5.4%	88
3	Kamiah Joint District	393	$15,226	51.5%	13.0%	83
4	Bruneau-Grand View Joint School District	302	$18,570	29.6%	11.4%	83
5	Horseshoe Bend School District	225	$16,356	28.7%	13.3%	83
6	Elevate Academy Inc.	498	$15,809	70.3%	9.9%	81
7	Castleford District	306	$12,817	46.7%	8.9%	81
8	Glenns Ferry Joint District	379	$13,855	33.4%	15.1%	77
9	Mountain View School District	1,109	$12,252	35.8%	5.6%	76
10	Valley District	531	$12,104	35.0%	12.3%	76
11	Hagerman Joint District	379	$12,781	31.2%	13.7%	74
12	Basin School District	336	$13,080	18.5%	13.5%	73
13	Whitepine Joint School District	207	$18,116	24.4%	32.4%	73
14	Blaine County District	3,312	$19,043	20.3%	56.8%	72
15	Challis Joint District	328	$14,317	25.9%	21.4%	72
16	Cascade District	206	$18,029	18.3%	23.7%	72
17	Shoshone Joint District	525	$11,855	46.0%	10.6%	71
18	Hansen District	335	$13,018	27.7%	16.7%	71
19	Aberdeen District	673	$12,223	63.8%	18.7%	70
20	Garden Valley District	276	$15,638	13.6%	30.7%	70
21	Idaho Virtual Education Partners Inc.	228	$17,132	-	0.3%	70
22	Salmon District	683	$11,880	28.4%	10.1%	68
23	Butte County Joint District	414	$11,232	26.4%	13.4%	68
24	Kootenai District	210	$17,481	24.8%	29.8%	68
25	Wallace District	512	$13,924	35.6%	29.0%	67
26	Rolling Hills Public Charter School Inc.	238	$10,786	16.0%	3.6%	67
27	Blackfoot District	3,990	$10,407	43.3%	13.8%	66
28	Buhl Joint District	1,264	$10,800	35.5%	9.1%	66
29	Mackay Joint District	231	$11,983	31.6%	18.7%	66
30	Wilder District	659	$11,059	84.4%	15.1%	65
31	Potlatch District	480	$14,263	18.1%	27.8%	64
32	Kendrick Joint District	289	$15,142	21.3%	27.4%	64
33	Council District	373	$10,643	26.1%	10.5%	63
34	Genesee Joint District	306	$14,340	11.1%	30.9%	63
35	Sandpoint Charter School Inc.	262	$11,435	-	0.8%	63
36	American Falls Joint District	1,572	$12,408	48.0%	22.9%	62
37	Orofino Joint District	1,131	$14,750	35.1%	23.4%	62
38	Cottonwood Joint District	441	$11,565	15.4%	10.6%	62
39	Notus District	347	$12,885	44.0%	25.2%	62
40	Caldwell District	5,499	$11,104	78.8%	14.9%	61
41	Mccall-Donnelly Joint School District	1,364	$14,097	20.3%	40.4%	61
42	Lake Pend Oreille School District	3,822	$12,061	25.6%	22.2%	60
43	Boundary County District	1,441	$12,419	41.1%	23.6%	59
44	St Maries Joint District	953	$11,595	34.5%	23.3%	59
45	Gooding Joint District	1,244	$11,207	35.9%	13.9%	58
46	Project Impact Stem Academy Inc.	252	$10,897	-	1.9%	58
47	Elevate Academy North Llc	221	$17,552	33.9%	-	58
48	The Village Charter School Inc.	231	$9,844	-	1.7%	57
49	Minidoka County Joint District	4,405	$9,772	40.8%	14.3%	56
50	Moscow District	2,397	$12,379	24.7%	42.9%	55
51	Marsing Joint District	854	$10,843	42.3%	18.1%	55
52	Blackfoot Charter Community Learning Center Inc.	355	$9,701	40.6%	1.1%	55
53	Peace Valley Charter School Inc.	332	$9,792	-	7.2%	55
54	Troy School District	323	$13,031	15.6%	27.4%	55
55	Idaho Science and Technology Charter School Inc.	303	$9,693	-	2.0%	55
56	Boise Independent District	22,809	$12,892	19.6%	45.0%	54
57	Soda Springs Joint District	922	$12,020	20.7%	25.4%	54
58	Thomas Jefferson Charter School Inc.	366	$10,128	11.2%	0.7%	54
59	West Jefferson District	606	$11,830	40.9%	32.6%	53
60	Murtaugh Joint District	399	$11,504	41.1%	23.9%	53
61	Lewiston Independent District	4,765	$12,176	22.5%	43.7%	52
62	Wendell District	1,121	$9,654	47.9%	13.4%	52
63	Future Public School Inc.	410	$10,090	30.5%	11.9%	52
64	Anser of Idaho Inc.	502	$9,647	15.3%	9.1%	51
65	Nampa School District	13,398	$11,136	39.7%	16.9%	50
66	Weiser District	1,559	$9,215	39.3%	10.6%	50
67	Payette Joint District	1,371	$10,042	58.2%	9.5%	49
68	Elevate Academy Nampa Llc	312	$14,465	36.5%	-	49
69	Palouse Prairie Educational Organization Inc.	210	$9,071	12.4%	4.9%	48
70	Twin Falls District	9,352	$9,657	38.5%	19.4%	47
71	Falcon Ridge Public Charter School Inc.	273	$8,905	8.4%	0.6%	47
72	Emmett Independent District	2,608	$9,086	39.1%	10.2%	46
73	Marsh Valley Joint District	1,258	$9,781	17.9%	20.6%	46
74	Grace Joint District	534	$10,427	20.3%	20.0%	46
75	Idaho Falls District	10,250	$10,159	35.0%	18.4%	45
76	Lakeland District	4,693	$11,406	19.8%	26.4%	45
77	Jerome Joint District	4,164	$8,577	45.0%	15.9%	45
78	Taylor's Crossing Public Charter School Inc.	370	$9,543	21.1%	1.7%	45
79	Pocatello District	12,259	$9,898	32.1%	17.0%	44
80	Fremont County Joint District	2,222	$10,494	26.8%	21.0%	44
81	Idaho Arts Charter School Inc.	1,303	$8,695	37.2%	3.3%	44
82	White Pine Charter School Inc.	561	$9,410	23.5%	1.6%	44
83	Treasure Valley Classical Academy Inc.	537	$10,300	26.4%	14.8%	44
84	Coeur D'alene District	10,107	$10,869	24.8%	26.9%	43
85	Cassia County Joint District	5,561	$9,415	28.2%	13.3%	43
86	Mountain Home District	3,757	$9,390	30.6%	9.7%	43
87	Bear Lake County District	1,424	$9,189	29.7%	14.3%	43
88	Ririe Joint District	733	$9,423	12.9%	12.3%	42
89	Heritage Community Charter School Inc.	482	$8,485	46.1%	0.9%	42
90	New Plymouth District	990	$9,834	25.8%	19.2%	41
91	Firth District	845	$8,817	25.4%	11.8%	41
92	Idaho Virtual Academy Inc.	1,713	$10,421	-	0.4%	40
93	Filer District	1,598	$8,835	26.7%	15.3%	40
94	Parma District	1,038	$9,762	33.1%	22.5%	40
95	Liberty Charter School Inc.	393	$9,616	13.5%	3.2%	40
96	Gem Prep: Online Llc	276	$18,145	-	12.3%	40
97	Kellogg Joint District	1,201	$11,142	26.3%	25.7%	39
98	Post Falls District	6,050	$9,401	23.5%	15.8%	38
99	Teton County District	1,878	$10,992	18.0%	34.9%	38
100	The Sage International School of Boise a Public Charter Sch	1,008	$8,411	-	8.2%	38
101	Forge International Llc	397	$9,058	17.9%	6.8%	38
102	Melba Joint District	824	$8,975	21.5%	16.2%	37
103	The Pocatello Community Charter School Inc.	331	$8,891	-	1.3%	35
104	Preston Joint District	2,468	$8,327	22.3%	9.5%	34
105	Fruitland District	1,634	$8,715	26.3%	13.2%	34
106	Homedale Joint District	1,260	$9,420	36.3%	20.8%	34
107	Vallivue School District	9,892	$9,310	34.0%	21.5%	33
108	West Side Joint District	849	$8,801	19.2%	18.5%	33
109	Coeur D'alene Charter Academy Inc.	597	$8,536	-	7.0%	33
110	American Heritage Charter School Inc.	488	$8,645	17.2%	2.6%	33
111	Gem Prep: Nampa Llc	465	$7,774	41.9%	3.2%	33
112	Joint School District No. 2	39,496	$9,276	17.7%	22.0%	32
113	Legacy Public Charter School Inc.	310	$8,252	11.9%	0.6%	32
114	Middleton District	4,318	$9,092	18.9%	17.1%	31
115	Xavier Charter School Inc.	672	$7,106	19.0%	2.7%	31
116	Doral Academy of Idaho Inc.	261	$8,985	-	9.4%	31
117	Inspire Academics Inc.	1,310	$8,322	-	0.0%	30
118	Vision Charter School Inc.	751	$7,887	13.2%	1.1%	30
119	Idaho Virtual High School Inc.	523	$7,948	-	0.6%	30
120	Gem Prep: Meridian Llc	454	$7,872	22.2%	2.8%	30
121	Gem Prep: Pocatello Llc	456	$7,757	-	3.3%	29
122	Victory Charter School Inc.	379	$8,092	13.5%	3.3%	29
123	Bonneville Joint District	13,778	$8,756	21.7%	19.2%	28
124	Snake River District	2,888	$7,742	20.3%	13.9%	28
125	North Star Charter School Inc.	958	$8,015	-	5.0%	28
126	North Idaho Stem Charter Academy Inc.	574	$6,869	-	5.4%	28
127	The Academy Inc.	545	$6,829	-	2.0%	28
128	Isucceed Virtual High School Inc.	1,023	$7,324	-	0.4%	27
129	Pathways in Education - Nampa Inc.	286	$8,741	-	5.1%	26
130	Pinecrest Academy of Idaho Inc.	252	$7,488	-	2.3%	26
131	Kuna Joint District	5,825	$8,614	18.1%	22.9%	25
132	Compass Public Charter School Inc.	1,250	$6,727	8.8%	9.7%	25
133	Oneida County District	7,818	$5,738	27.0%	2.8%	24
134	Mosaics Public School Inc.	416	$7,815	33.2%	11.4%	24
135	The Kootenai Bridge Academy Inc.	312	$5,894	-	0.8%	24
136	Jefferson County Joint District	6,770	$8,045	24.1%	18.1%	23
137	Madison District	5,758	$8,423	25.2%	22.7%	22
138	Kimberly District	2,153	$8,359	21.4%	18.4%	22
139	Hayden Canyon Charter School Inc.	468	$6,748	-	3.9%	22
140	Shelley Joint District	2,509	$8,106	25.5%	20.3%	20
141	West Bonner County District	1,146	$3	29.4%	27.7%	20
142	Alturas International Academy Inc.	556	$6,142	-	12.9%	19
143	Alturas Preparatory Academy Inc	383	$9,543	-	25.6%	18
144	Gem Prep: Meridian South Llc	203	$11,448	-	-	18
145	Sugar-Salem Joint District	1,972	$7,631	21.6%	18.8%	13
146	Gem Prep: Meridian North Llc	392	$7,398	-	36.8%	5

How the Equity Score Works

The equity score (0-100) evaluates four dimensions of school funding fairness. According to the National Center for Education Statistics F-33 Finance Survey (FY 2022-23), which covers more than 17,000 districts nationwide, local property wealth drives most of the spending differences the score captures; our methodology documents each weight:

Per-Pupil Spending (0-25)

Higher spending relative to peers

Need-Adjusted Spending (0-25)

Spending weighted by poverty level, rewards districts that spend more where need is greatest

Funding Diversity (0-25)

Less reliance on local property taxes, more state/federal support

Resource Access (0-25)

Lower student-teacher ratios = more individualized attention

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