Accredited private education for students who also love their public schools

Hard Work, Hard Statistics, Open Doors

2024-2025: class webpages and enrollment

The North Fork School posted a 2016-2023 average composite SAT score of 1254 (78%)

The North Fork School posted a 2023 average composite SAT score of 1310 (82%)

The North Fork School posted a 2022 average composite SAT score of 1280 (80%)
McCall-Donnelly High School posted a 2022 average composite SAT score of 1075 (67%)
Idaho posted a 2022 state average composite SAT score of 962 (60%)
78% of North Fork students achieved college credit-earning scores of 3 or higher on all AP exams in their NFS classes (2011-2024 data: 14 year average = stable results across time).
77% of North Fork students achieved college credit-earning scores of 3 or higher on all AP exams in their NFS classes (2020-2024 data: 5 year average = similarly stable results in the past five years).

Feedback from NFS Alumni and Alumni parents validates this metric and extols the hard work they had to do to achieve these exceptional results.

30% of McCall-Donnelly High School students taking AP exams (which include NFS student scores) achieve the credit-earning score of 3 or higher. According to the MDHS website, this metric helped rank MDHS as a top-rated Idaho High School again in 2024.
ISAT scores are simply used as baseline measurements for NFS classes, as students only start academic work here in 6th or 7th grade, and as ISAT scores are not "national" measures.
While 85% of NFS students enter our programs with a "proficient" score across all ISATS, typically, between 7th & 10th grade, student ELA scores rise between 99-259 points, even at the top ranges of the scoring chart. The increases are greater the lower a score is at 7th grade.
100% of NFS students score "proficient" or higher by 10th grade.
In 2024, Idaho began testing 11th graders (rather than 10th), and now accepts that ISAT "proficient" score as an entrance measure for Idaho colleges.

“When Lucas [2nd grader at BRMES] realized we pay for the Math Workshop class, he said, "Oh wow, thanks. That is really nice.”

— Laura Bechdel, MDHS 2001
Director of Studies, The Alzar School.
University of Puget Sound '06; MAT Westminster College '12

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Private school classes for public school students

Since 1996, The North Fork School has offered academically rigorous, integrated humanities and mathematics programs to students who remain concurrently-enrolled in other schools. Accredited through AdvancED by The Northwest Accreditation Commission, North Fork programs reduce public class sizes while allowing local public schools to retain full federal and state tax dollars for shared students.

Personal Academic Coaches

North Fork teachers coach small cohorts of students to mastery in successive years of study together. Over seven years of North Fork English & history curricula, students become critical thinkers who question and evaluate everything they encounter. This vertically-connecting knowledge cannot come from a series of separate classrooms over the years, run by different teachers, offering their own unique curricula. The integrated aspect of North Fork classes forges independent thought.

College Prep Success

North Fork School Middle School curricula prepares students across the country for academic, college-preparatory boarding schools, as well as for rigorous High School academics. Students who have attended North Fork for more than three consecutive years in core classes have a 100% COLLEGE graduation rate, with most in high-paying professional careers, or pursuing post-graduate degrees.

Online Options

North Fork students have attended our classes online since 2007 from Idaho, California, Massachusetts, Montana, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. Also, students on Rotary exchange programs in Sweden, Thailand, Belgium, and Germany have continuously earned high school credits and kept up with their North Fork cohorts by attending North Fork classes online while they study abroad. Families who travel and athletes who have rigorous training schedules also benefit from online class participation while away from home.

Iterative Design: THE North Fork method.

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Hard Statistics.

Although we never teach to tests, the number of years students spend at The North Fork School shows in increased test scores. See the big picture here >>

Data overview

2024 student test scores →

2015 Accreditation Report →