Superintendent: Dr. Don Bartling
Boundary County SCHOOL
DISTRICT
Enrollment:1621
Address:6577 Main Street, Suite 101
Phone:208-267-3146
Fax:208-264-7217
Website:www.bcsd 101.com
OUR COMMUNITY
Many factors, such as how often a child attends school, moving frequently, and English
language experience, influence student achievement. Measuring these characteristics helps us
understand our students' needs.
ABOUT OUR DISTRICT'S STUDENTS
2% Who participated in programs to learn English
43% Who qualified for free or reduced-price lunch
1% Who participated in gifted and talented programs
We are committed to ensuring that highly trained and qualified teachers instruct our students.
Parents are welcome to request information about the qualifications of their child's teachers at
anytime. In addition, if the need arises for your child to be taught by a teacher without complete
qualifications for more than four weeks, we will notify you.
ABOUT OUR DISTRICT'S TEACHERS
94% Percent who are highly qualified
1% Percent who are teaching as an approved consultant specialist
5% Percent who are teaching with a letter of authorization
6% Percent of classes not taught by highly qualified teachers
OUR ENVIRONMENT
Our goal is to provide a place for students to learn without distractions and concerns for safety.
We closely monitor activities on our campus and offer comprehensive programs to prevent
alcohol, tobacco, and substance abuse. As required by state and federal laws and rules, we
collect, monitor, and report on crimes and substance abuse incidents on our campus and at
school activities. A complete report of this information about our district and our schools is
available at: http://www.sde.idaho.gov/ipd/reportcard/SchoolReportCard.asp
or by contacting
www.bcsd101.com
or the school district office.
OUR STUDENTS' ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
ABOUT OUR GRADUATION RATE
Our state goal is for at least 90 percent of students to graduate from high school. The most
current graduation rate information is for the Class of 2007, and shows:
91% Percent for our school
92%Percent for our district
76% Percent for the state
ABOUT OUR DISTRICT'S TEST RESULTS
Included with this are "Adequate Yearly Progress Assessment Reports." These reports
provide detailed information about the academic performance of our students and specific
groups of students on state reading, math, and language usage tests. College-bound students
also take entrance exams. Our students' performance on these rigorous tests is shown below.
ABOUT OUR DISTRICT'S PROGRESS
The results from these tests also are used to measure the progress of our district and our
schools toward state and federal academic goals. The report called
"Adequate Yearly
Progress Indicators"
details which goals our district met and those we may have missed.
Test and progress reports are also available for each of our schools at www.bcsd101.com or by
callin
g 208-267-3146.
OUR MISSION
Teaching effectively, learning
successfully.
KEEPING YOU INFORMED
This report is a summary of some indicators
of the performance of our district. No single
report can tell the whole story of our
educational program or the people who work
and learn here. We encourage you to find out
firsthand by visiting our schools. If you are a
parent of one of our students, we invite you to
take an active role in your child's learning
because studies show that when parents are
involved, students do better in school.
ABOUT OUR DISTRICT
Each year the progress of our district toward
state and federal academic goals is
monitored. Under this monitoring, our district
did not make Adequate Yearly Progress in
2007-08.
District improvement status
Based on progress monitoring, our district has
identified for improvement. This is our 3rd year
for Reading and our first year in Math in
improvement status.
ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS
Each year the progress of our schools toward
state and federal academic goals is
monitored. Under this "Adequate Yearly
Progress" or AYP monitoring for 2007-08:
43% of our schools made AYP
57% of our schools did not make AYP
Schools improvement status
The following schools were identified for
improvement: High School
Middle School, Naples
21.5% of our schools are in the first year of
improvement
None of our schools are in the second year of
improvement
A detailed report card on each of our schools
is available at www.bcsd101.com
or by calling
208-267-3146.
SAT
Only a small percentage of Idaho's college-
bound students take this exam.
Class of 2008 - average score
Our district
State National
Verbal 482 502 502
Math 471 515 515
ACT
Most of Idaho's college-bound students
take this exam.
Class of 2008 - average score
Our district State National
English 22.8 20.7 20.6
Math
21.6
21.4
21.0
Reading 24.7 22.2 21.4
Science 23.4 21.3 20.8
Composite 23.2 20.8 21.1