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in Idaho. The Boise School District serves a 456 square mile area of

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and is headquartered in

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. The district was founded in 1865 under the auspices of

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. Formerly the largest school district in the state, it now ranks second to the adjacent West Ada School District #2, which administers several schools in western Boise. Peak enrollment in the Boise School District was reached in 1997 at 27,070. The Boise School District #1 is the second-oldest school system in Idaho. The oldest is in Lewiston, founded three years earlier by the

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government. Current-year tax rates for all Idaho school districts are available on the

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website.

Service area

Within Ada County the district includes most of Boise, all of

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, most of Garden City, and a small portion of

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. A portion of the district extends into Boise County.
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Schools

High schools

Traditional

Four senior high schools, grades 10–12, IHSAA class 5A, Southern Idaho Conference *

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- (1902, 1882 as Central School) *

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- (1958) * Capital High School - (1965) * Timberline High School - (1998) The first Les Bois Junior High (1994), was remodeled and expanded in 1998 to become Timberline High School.

Alternative

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- (2008), grades 9–12 *Marian Pritchett

Junior high schools

Eight junior high schools, grades 7–9, two per high school * East Jr. High School- (1952, 2009) * Fairmont Jr. High School - (1965) * Hillside Jr. High School- (1960) * Les Bois Jr. High School - (1994, 1998) * North Jr. High School - (1937: "Boise" until South opened in 1948) * Riverglen Jr. High School - (1998) * South Jr. High School - (1948, 2008) * West Jr. High School - (1952, 2008) Prior to 1937, grades 7 and 8 were in the elementary schools.

Elementary schools

Thirty-two elementary schools, grades K–6. *Adams *Amity *Collister *Cynthia Mann *Garfield *Grace Jordan *Hawthorne *Hidden Springs *Highlands *Hillcrest *Horizon *Jefferson *Koelsch *Liberty *Longfellow *Lowell *Maple Grove *Morley Nelson *Monroe *Mountain View *Owyhee *Pierce Park *Riverside *Roosevelt *Shadow Hills *Trail Wind *Valley View *Washington *White Pine *Whitney *Whittier *William Howard Taft

Joint School District Facilities

*Dennis Technical Education Center * Treasure Valley Mathematics and Science Center

References

External links

* {{Authority control School districts in Idaho Education in Boise, Idaho School districts established in 1865 Treasure Valley 1865 establishments in Idaho Territory