• Grades Kindergarten through 8th grade.  Kindergarten is 1/2 day.
• School day hours 8:00 am to 3:00 pm with supervision beginning at 7:30 am and ending at 3:15 pm
• Office hours 8:00 am to 3:30 pm
• Weekly all school Mass, usually on Tuesday, at St. John’s. Students of all denominations participate together in Mass
• Average class size is 20-24 students, with 2 classes of each grade in most grades
• Teachers have an average of 13 years of experience
• Uniform dress code
• After school care available
• Healthy breakfast, snack and hot lunch offerings
• Full curriculum including art, music, physical education, after school sports etc.
• Science lab is the most modern elementary/middle school lab in the city, public or private.
• Media center houses 25 online computers and includes one of the best elementary libraries in the state with over 10,000 volumes
• Individual classrooms K-8 are equipped with 5 to 10 computers each and the middle school shares 20 laptop computers
• Art Room is staffed with a certified teacher and includes a pottery wheel and kiln
• Spanish taught as part of the regular school day in grades K-5
• Many sports, music, academic and other extracurricular activities offered
• Full size gym which is the biggest elementary/middle school gym in the city
• Age appropriate community service requirements – both individual and as a class
• All staff and volunteers who work with children must have a background check and must complete a Safe Environment class
• Beautiful, historical, downtown location convenient to many work places and residences
• As Idaho's first parochial school, St. Joseph's has served the children of Idaho and their families continuously for more than 100 years
• Founded in 1868 in Idaho City by the Sisters of Holy Cross
• St. Joseph’s is fully accredited by the state of Idaho and the National Catholic Educator Association (NCEA) and the State Department of Idaho
• Registered, participating parishioners are eligible for lower tuition provided by the parishioners of St. John’s. Additional financial assistance is available in many cases.
• All full time faculty are certified by the Idaho Department of Education

As Idaho’s oldest parochial school, St. Joseph’s school has a background rich in history. Throughout the years, a variety of priests, sisters and bishops put their hearts and souls into making sure that local students could get a Catholic education – nothing stopped them - not even a fire! To read more about the history of St. Joe’s please click here.