Distinguished Schools

  IDAPA requires that schools qualifying in two categories be brought to the October Board Meeting for  recognition. The two categories of rewards are Distinguished Schools and Additional Yearly Growth. Each state is required to provide both sanctions and rewards resulting from AYP determinations. Theses awards provide Idaho compliance with this requirement.

A school must be in the top five percent of schools making AYP two years in a row and must significantly reduce gaps between subgroups in order to be recognized as a "Distinguished School."

Being recognized for "Additional Yearly Growth" requires that a school make AYP for two consecutive years and also must have reduced the gap in at least one sub group by at least ten percent.

Grace School District is please to accept this award. 

Eight schools in Idaho have been awarded "Distinguished Schools"

Webster Elementary School in Lewiston School District
Grace Junior/Senior High School in Grace School District
Pioneer Elementary School in the Meridian School District
Hillside Junior High School the Boise School District
Mount Hall Elementary School in the Boundary County School District
Harold B Lee Elementary School in the Westside School District
Liberty Charter School as its own district