Nampa School District
School district in Idaho, United States
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Nampa School District 131 (NSD) is a school district headquartered in Nampa, Idaho.
Located in Canyon County, it includes the majority of Nampa. A tract of land in Caldwell extends into this district.[1]
Academics
Academic Proficiency
Source:[2]
Based on ISAT (Idaho Standards Achievement Test) or IDAA (Idaho Alternative Assessments) for proficiency.
- English Language Arts/Literacy proficiency : 41.2%
- Mathematics proficiency: 28.3%
- Science proficiency: 29.7%
- Idaho Reading Indicator: 68.7%
Success indicators
- Chronic absenteeism rate: 20.3%
- College and career readiness course enrollment: 87.0%
- Four-year graduation rate (Class of 2025 cohort): 81.8%
- Five-year graduation rate (Class of 2024 cohort): 81.6%
Student Demographics
In Spring 2026, enrollment in the district was 12,364.[2]
As of the 2024–2025 school year, Nampa School District enrolled 12,364 students in grades kindergarten through 12 and is classified as a non-rural district.
Student characteristics
Approximately 56.0% of students were from low-income families. The district reported 15.0% English learners and 14.0% students with disabilities. Additional populations included 6.0% students experiencing homelessness, 5.0% from migrant families, 3.0% from military families, and fewer than 1% in foster care.
Race and ethnicity
Enrollment by race and ethnicity was reported as:
- White: 51.8%
- Hispanic or Latino: 41.2%
- Multiracial: 4.6%
- Black or African American: 0.9%
- Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 0.6%
- Asian: 0.5%
- Native American or Alaska Native: 0.3%
Gender
The student population was 51.4% male and 48.6% female.
History
In 2001, the district had over 11,000 students. That year, it was experiencing overcrowding.[3] The district leadership proposed a school bond worth $39,750,000.[4]
In 2022, the school district board of trustees ordered the banning of 24 books from school libraries,[5] including The Kite Runner.[6]
The district began a four school day per week schedule in 2024, and at the time it was the largest school district in Idaho to do so.[7] Circa 2004, the district had all of its high schools operate on a semester system, with eight classes at a time.[8] Classes were held on alternating A and B days. In 2024, the school district moved to a trimester system.[9] Haadiya Tariq of the Idaho Press wrote that, citing these choices and the school closures, this became "a difficult 2023-2024 school year full of hard decisions".[10]
Schools
- K-12 schools
- Nampa Online Virtual Academy (NOVA)
- Middle and high schools
- Union School
- High schools
- Columbia High School (2006)
- Nampa High School (1901, 1917, 1955)
- Skyview High School (1996)
- Career and Technical Education/Idaho Center for Advanced Technology
- Nampa Academy
- STEM Academy Idaho Center for Advanced Technology
- New Horizons Dual Language School
- Middle schools
- East Valley Middle School
- Lone Star Middle School
- South Middle School
- Elementary schools
- Central Elementary School - In 2023 a closure was proposed, but the school board kept it open.[11]
- Endeavor Elementary School
- Iowa Elementary School
- Lake Ridge Elementary School
- Owyhee Elementary School
- Park Ridge Elementary School
- Ronald Reagan Elementary School
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Elementary School
- Sherman Elementary School
- Willow Creek Elementary School
- Gateways Program
- Preschool
- Nampa Early Childhood Center
Former schools
- Middle schools
- West Middle School[11]
- Elementary schools
