WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL vs LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Washington Elementary School and Liberty Elementary School are separated by just one position in Idaho's statewide rankings — Washington sits at #9 of 719 schools and Liberty at #10 of 719 — yet both carry an identical overall rating of 9.1/10. For parents choosing between two genuinely elite elementary schools in Boise, the differences are real but narrow, and context matters more than the headline numbers.

Academically, Washington Elementary School edges Liberty Elementary School by a single decimal point: 9.6/10 versus 9.5/10 on academic score, and 9.3/10 versus 9.2/10 on growth score. Both figures place each school comfortably in Idaho's top 2%, and the growth scores in particular signal that students at both campuses are advancing faster than their starting points would predict — not just arriving ahead.

The most meaningful divergence between the two schools is demographic. Washington Elementary School enrolls 267 students with a 6% free and reduced lunch rate, making it one of the smaller, more economically homogeneous campuses in the district. Liberty Elementary School serves 428 students — 60% more kids — and carries an 18% free and reduced lunch rate, a more diverse economic cross-section. Both schools maintain an identical student-teacher ratio of 17.8:1, so the larger enrollment at Liberty has not translated into larger classes. That 12-percentage-point gap in FRL rate is the sharpest dividing line in this comparison.

Both schools serve grades PK through 6, so families won't find a program-length distinction between them. The 4.9 miles separating the two campuses means geography will be a practical factor for most families, but parents within equal driving distance of each school are choosing between a tighter, affluent-skewing community at Washington and a somewhat larger, more economically mixed one at Liberty — both executing at the top of Idaho elementary education.