Schools & Families
Public, charter and private schools, plus childcare, 4-H, youth sports and the library.
One school district, one high school, and a graduating class where most of the kids have known each other since kindergarten. For some families that is the whole point of moving here. This chapter covers the public schools, the charter and private options, and the things that fill the hours after the bell.
Boundary County School District 101 serves the whole county with three elementary schools, a middle school and Bonners Ferry High School, home of the Badgers. A tuition-free public charter school and several private schools round out the choices, and the county has 4-H, youth sports and an active library for families.
Caps in the air at Bonners Ferry High School. Photo: CENTURY 21 Four Seasons Realty
Schools: Home of the Badgers
These are our local schools in the Boundary County School District, and there are a few private and public charter options too.
Valley View, Mount Hall& Naples
Boundary County Middle
Bonners Ferry High School
North Idaho Classical Academy
Tuition-free classical curriculum, Hillsdale College–affiliated, at 6672 Riverside Street.
Mountain View Christian School
Private elementary and middle school.
Foundations School
Trade-focused curriculum, in Naples. Run by 9B Family Foundations, which also operates a daycare in Bonners Ferry.
Childcare, 4-H, Sports & the Library
Childcare is limited, as it is in most small towns, so start the search early. 4-H runs through the University of Idaho Extension office and is a big part of growing up here, and the county fair in August is the year's showcase for it.
TLC Children's Center
6616 Buchanan Street · (208) 267-6171
Be The Village Childcare
776 Oxford Road · (208) 603-0549
9B Family Foundations Daycare
Run by the same organization as the Foundations School in Naples. 7142 2nd Street · (208) 610-6507
Julie Bucher Early Learning Center
North Idaho College Head Start. 6653 Chippewa Street · (208) 267-5756
University of Idaho Extension, Boundary County
4-H clubs, Friday Friends and youth programs. 6791 B Main Street · (208) 267-3235
Boundary County Parks & Rec
Youth and adult leagues and programs, plus city fields, the skatepark and pump track · (208) 304-3603
Bonners Ferry Municipal Pool
An outdoor summer pool with a splash pad, swim lessons, lap and open swim. 7040 Helena Street · (208) 267-3105
Boundary County Library
A Fab Lab makerspace, children's and teen sections, free monthly books for kids under five through Imagination Library, and reading challenges for all ages. 6370 Kootenai Street · (208) 267-3750
Boundary County Fairgrounds
The county fair each summer, 4-H shows, the Exhibit Hall and Valley Event Center. 6567 Recreation Park Road · (208) 267-7041
