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BOISE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

SERVES: Grade 9 - Grade 12
DISTRICT: Boise Independent District
SCHOOL TYPE: Traditional School

Boise Senior High School is ranked seventh in Idaho. Students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement® coursework and exams. The AP® participation rate at Boise Senior High School is 67%. The school scored 75.9% in English Language Arts/Literacy and 58.7% in Mathematics in the 2021 Idaho Standards Achievement Test. 

You can check out additional information about Boise Senior High School from US News here and from the Idaho State Department of Education here. 

About Boise Senior High School

Boise Senior High School’s Mission reads “Through academic achievement and character development, the Boise High community will provide the essential knowledge and skills for students to make a significant impact on the diversified world in which we live.” This has guided them through the decades in providing quality education to the people of Boise.

In 1903, the booming population of the Boise School District dictated the replacement of Central School, which housed the district's secondary students, with a new high school. The district purchased land on Washington Street, and the new high school was built in the center of the block. The school was a two-story structure and, upon its opening, board members asserted that this was a building large enough to
serve Boise for all time.

That was not to be the case as the population grew and expand they did. An East wing was added in 1908 followed by a West wing as well as an auditorium, gymnasium, and many more over the years.

In the late '50s and early '60s, Boise became more metropolitan, and students from the Baby Boom generation began to arrive in the city's high schools. Growth on the west bench necessitated the construction of a new high school, Borah, in 1958. In 1965, the district's third high school, Capital, opened on Goddard Street in Northwest Boise.

Source: http://boise.boiseschools.org