Boise High School

Overview

Boise High School, established in 1881, is one of five traditional high schools within Boise city limits and part of the Boise School District. Its main building, built in 1908, is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places as part of the Fort Street Historic District. The school's attendance boundary includes downtown Boise, the North End, and parts of Garden City.

Academics

No independently verified Idaho state assessment data (via the Idaho Report Card) was located for this profile; check the Idaho State Department of Education's site directly for current school-level results.

Neighborhood

The school sits on the edge of downtown Boise's business core, in Ada County.

Crime & safety

Boise shows strong cross-source agreement toward the safer end, a contrast to many of the cities profiled earlier in this directory: multiple independent sources describe Boise's overall crime rate as below the national average (estimates ranging from about 42% below to modestly above depending on category and source), with safety-percentile rankings in the 60s-80s (safer than 62-80% of comparable U.S. cities). One source notes 2025 crime fell roughly 15% from 2024, with only 3 homicides recorded. Sources agree crime is higher relative to the rest of Idaho specifically (Boise has more crime than most other Idaho cities and towns), even though it remains below national urban averages.

Our calculated rating

We don't publish a single proprietary score. Based on the 1 of 3 possible components we could source for this school (safety, consistently favorable across sources), we're not showing a partial numeric rating -- 1 of 3 remains below our threshold regardless of how consistent that one component is. See our ratings methodology.

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