Boise School District is a comprehensive public school district

School district

School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...

 in Boise

Boise, Idaho

Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho, as well as the county seat of Ada County. Located on the Boise River, it anchors the Boise City-Nampa metropolitan area and is the largest city between Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland, Oregon.As of the 2010 Census Bureau,...

, Idaho

Idaho

Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....

, U.S.A.  The district is officially known as the Independent School District of Boise City, Idaho. The school district was started in 1865 by the governor of the Idaho Territory

Idaho Territory

The Territory of Idaho was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 4, 1863, until July 3, 1890, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Idaho.-1860s:...

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Formerly the largest school district in the state, it now ranks second to the adjacent Meridian School District.

The above reference is to an act in 1881 by the Idaho territorial legislature which created the school districts. Boise's is the second oldest school system in Idaho behind Lewiston, which started in 1862, when Idaho was still in the Washington Territory. Ironically both have the designation of Independent School District #1. This is often attributed to a petty jealousy that somehow the new capital should be called #1, rather than the oldest. Lewiston, Idaho's oldest existing incorporated permanent settlement (and second settlement), dating from the Washington Territory in 1861, was also Idaho Territory's first capital, 1863-1866.

Traditional

• Boise
  Boise High School
  Boise High School is the one of five public traditional high schools within the city of Boise, Idaho. It is one of four Boise School District three year comprehensive high schools and is located on the outerlying edge of the city's downtown business core...
  
  
• Borah
  Borah High School
  Borah High School is a three-year public secondary school in Boise, Idaho. It is named after William E. Borah, a prominent U.S. Senator from 1907-40.-History:...
  
  
• Capital
• Timberline
  Timberline High School (Boise, Idaho)
  Timberline High School is a three-year public secondary school in Boise, Idaho. Opened in August 1998, it is the fourth and newest public high school in the city, serving the southeast portion of the Boise School District....
  
  

Junior High Schools

There are currently 8 junior high schools in the district.

• East
• Fairmont
• Hillside
• Les Bois
• North
• Riverglen
• South
• West

Elementary Schools

There are currently 31 elementary schools in the district.

• Adams
• Amity
• Collister
• Cynthia Mann
• Garfield
• Grace Jordan
• Hawthorne
• Highlands
• Hillcrest
• Horizon
• Jefferson
• Koelsch
• Liberty
• Longfellow
• Lowell
• Maple Grove
• Morley Nelson
• Monroe
• Mountain View
• Owyhee-Harbor
• Pierce Park
• Riverside
• Roosevelt
• Shadow Hills
• Taft
• Trail Wind
• Valley View
• Washington
• White Pine
• Whitney
• Whittier

Joint School District Facilities

• Dennis Technical Education Center
• Treasure Valley Mathematics & Science Center