Middle School – White Pine Charter School

Positive Impact

“We’ve had five children attend White Pine. This is our seventh year being there. We have been very impressed with the dedicated teachers and administration. We have liked how the school adjusts according to the student level. They are there to give extra help or challenge academically, according to the need of the student. We also appreciate the communication between the parents and teachers. Emails or newsletters are set home regularly. White Pine has been a good school for my family.”

Dawn Livingston

2016-03-14T15:19:18-06:00

Dawn Livingston

“We’ve had five children attend White Pine. This is our seventh year being there. We have been very impressed with […]

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Answer to Our Questions

White Pine Charter School was the answer to our question… how do we find an excellent classroom setting, high academic standards, with a culture and learning environment that gave our kids the best opportunity for success? We had tried private school, home schooling, and WPCS was the answer for both of our children. They continued on through middle school at WPCS and have now successfully transitioned to public high school.

Zac Warren

2018-02-02T07:09:34-07:00

Zac Warren

White Pine Charter School was the answer to our question… how do we find an excellent classroom setting, high academic […]

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Worthwhile School

“We like that White Pine Charter School offers Spanish, music, gym, art, etc. on a weekly basis. My kids enjoy being able to meet with other classes in their grade and work with multiple people. We love that the teachers work with our kids at their level. They give them assignments catered specifically to them, whether they’re advanced or behind in a subject. There is less lecture and more hands on and imaginative work. We’re very pleased with the academics at this school.”

Heather Talbot

2018-08-01T12:14:09-06:00

Heather Talbot

“We like that White Pine Charter School offers Spanish, music, gym, art, etc. on a weekly basis. My kids enjoy […]

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Academic Achievement

White Pine Charter School received the designation as a Top Performing K-8 school for Math Growth for 2017-18. A top performer means our school ranked in the 90th percentile or above on any indicator in the accountability framework. We were also recognized as a Goal Maker. Goal makers are schools whose overall performance meets or exceeds the interim measures of progress toward the state’s long-term goals for English language arts/literacy, math, growth toward English language proficiency and graduation rate.

White Pine received a maximum 5-Star rating from the state of Idaho for the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 school years, which was the last time this rating system was administered. White Pine was the only charter school in eastern Idaho to receive this top rating, and our middle school was the only one in Eastern Idaho to receive the 5-Star rating.

Top of the Class

Many White Pine students who graduate from our school are typically one to two years ahead in Math and Language Arts. Here is a sampling of academic achievements last year from the Idaho Standardized Achievement Test (ISAT):

Science: 69% of our 8th graders scored advanced compared to 33% advanced in the local district.
Math: Our 8th graders scored 37.5% advanced, 21.9% proficient,18.8% basic, and 22% below basic, which is better in every category than the results from the local district, which scored 14.2% advanced, 21.6% proficient, 29.3% basic, and 34.8% below basic.
English/Language Arts (ELA):
- 74% of our 8th grade students in 2017 scored advanced as compared to the local district at 40% of their students using the same criteria.
- All of our 7th grade students scored proficient or advanced on the 7th grade ISAT this year. Further, our 7th graders scored 32 points higher than the state average in English.