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Enrollment
746
Middle
DISTRICT 648 · STATE 507
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POST FALLS DISTRICT·NCES 160267000489
POST FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL
301 EAST 16TH AVENUE, POST FALLS, ID 83877 · (208) 773-7554 · Kootenai County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL746 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of Idaho public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Idaho public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
288 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 46%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 251 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 256 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 239 | 32% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 44% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ISAT 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
53.2%
ID avg 53.4%
Math
45.2%
ID avg 43.5%
What this means: On the ISAT, Idaho's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Idaho schools, those numbers are about 53 and 44.
Source: ISAT. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Schools most like POST FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| POST FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 746 | 38.6% | N/A |
| MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL REXBURG | 878 | 39.5% | N/A |
| WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL COEUR D'ALENE | 747 | 35.7% | N/A |
| VERA C O'LEARY MIDDLE SCHOOL TWIN FALLS | 758 | 36.3% | N/A |
| JENIFER MIDDLE SCHOOL LEWISTON | 561 | 39.6% | N/A |
| RIVER CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL POST FALLS | 550 | 35.1% | N/A |
Matched among Idaho middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where POST FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Idaho | In Kootenai County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #30 of 100 | #3 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #49 of 101 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 746 | #27 of 114 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #43 of 98 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.9% | #83 of 98 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.6% | #66 of 104 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #62 of 62 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
746
-22 (-3%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 567
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 17.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 746 | 42.4 | 17.6:1 | 39% (288) |
| 2023-24 | 766 | 42.4 | 18.1:1 | 32% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 800 | 43.5 | 18.4:1 | 34% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 768 | 45 | 17.1:1 | 30% (233) |
| 2017-18 | 748 | 43.5 | 17.2:1 | 41% (308) |
| 2015-16 | 736 | 44 | 16.7:1 | 51% (374) |
| 2010-11 | 729 | 45 | 16.2:1 | 59% (433) |
| 2000-01 | 1,076 | 53 | 20.3:1 | 41% (443) |
| 1990-91 | 567 | 26 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for POST FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (748 to 746); teachers down 3% (43.5 to 42.4).
About POST FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL
POST FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle-grades school in POST FALLS, Idaho, one of the schools in POST FALLS DISTRICT. It reported 746 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 507 students for middle schools in Idaho.
District-wide, POST FALLS DISTRICT has 12 schools and 5,779 students.
White students are 86% of those enrolled at POST FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL. Next come 8% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. That is in line with Kootenai County, where about 87% of residents are White. A diversity index of 25% means there is a 25% chance two randomly chosen students at POST FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
With 42.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.6:1. The 17.1:1 average for middle schools in Idaho is close to this figure. Roughly 39% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Idaho public middle schools, POST FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL outscored 59%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
In the wider Kootenai County area, the median household earns about $81,861 a year, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. POST FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL shares Kootenai County with 53 other public schools.
RIVER CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits about 0.5 miles from POST FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
In the federal locale system, POST FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded Suburb: Mid-size, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 746, down from 768 in 2020-21.
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Kootenai County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
181,996
Census ACS
Median income
$81,861
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
23,554 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in POST FALLS DISTRICT
- POST FALLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,601 students
- RIVER CITY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 550 students
- PONDEROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 466 students
- WEST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 425 students
- GREENSFERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 406 students
- TREATY ROCK ELEMENTARYElementary · 379 students
Other schools in POST FALLS
- POST FALLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,601 students
- RIVER CITY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 550 students
- KOOTENAI CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 528 students
- PONDEROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 466 students
- WEST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 425 students
- GREENSFERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 406 students
Nearby schools
- RIVER CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 550
- MULLAN TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 342
- NEW VISION HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 100
- FREDERICK POST KINDER CENTER0.7 mi · 40
- SELTICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 375
- WEST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 425
Frequently asked questions
About POST FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend POST FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
POST FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 746 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does POST FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
POST FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does POST FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
POST FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
How diverse is POST FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
POST FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 86% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees POST FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
POST FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by POST FALLS DISTRICT in Kootenai County.
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