(Idaho State) Students at 150 schools across Idaho will get the chance to experience a wide variety of fresh fruit and vegetable options free of charge this school year through Idaho Department of Education-administered grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) provides funding that allows participating elementary schools to offer fresh fruit and vegetables to students during the school day. Students get the opportunity to sample healthy offerings, helping to build healthy eating habits by making these foods a regular part of their daily food choices.
Schools were awarded grants through a competitive application process. Under the National School Lunch Act, schools are prioritized for awards based on the percentage of students identified for free and reduced-cost meals. This helps to ensure that program funding benefits students who may have fewer chances to integrate fresh fruit and vegetables into their everyday diets.
The grant period runs from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, and all grant awards are contingent on available USDA funds. These Idaho schools, arranged alphabetically by district, received Fresh Fruit and Vegetable grants for the 2024-2025 school year:
| School District |
School Name |
Award Amount |
| American Falls S.D. #381 |
Hillcrest Elementary School |
$26,025.00 |
| American Falls S.D. #381 |
J.R. Simplot Elementary School |
$27,375.00 |
| Basin S.D. #072 |
Basin Elementary School |
$12,000.00 |
| Blaine County S.D. #61 |
Alturas Elementary School |
$35,250.00 |
| Blaine County S.D. #61 |
Bellevue Elementary School |
$14,025.00 |
| Blaine County S.D. #61 |
Hailey Elementary School |
$18,750.00 |
| Bliss S.D. #234 |
Bliss School |
$5,250.00 |
| Boise S.D. #001 |
Garfield Elementary School |
$15,600.00 |
| Boise S.D. #001 |
Grace Jordan Elementary |
$29,175.00 |
| Boise S.D. #001 |
Hawthorne Elementary School |
$17,550.00 |
| Boise S.D. #001 |
Hillcrest Elementary School |
$21,750.00 |
| Boise S.D. #001 |
Horizon Elementary School |
$35,325.00 |
| Boise S.D. #001 |
Jefferson Elementary School |
$16,875.00 |
| Boise S.D. #001 |
Koelsch Elementary School |
$24,075.00 |
| Boise S.D. #001 |
Morley Nelson Elementary |
$34,350.00 |
| Boise S.D. #001 |
Owyhee Elementary School |
$11,250.00 |
| Boise S.D. #001 |
Taft Elementary School |
$18,750.00 |
| Boise S.D. #001 |
Valley View Elementary School |
$26,100.00 |
| Boise S.D. #001 |
Whitney Elementary School |
$31,575.00 |
| Boise S.D. #001 |
Whittier Elementary School |
$40,425.00 |
| Bonneville Joint S.D. #93 |
Bridgewater Elementary School |
$36,075.00 |
| Bonneville Joint S.D. #93 |
Fairview Elementary School |
$22,500.00 |
| Bonneville Joint S.D. #93 |
Falls Valley Elementary School |
$26,250.00 |
| Bonneville Joint S.D. #93 |
Summit Hills Elementary School |
$36,900.00 |
| Bonneville Joint S.D. #93 |
Tiebreaker Elementary School |
$34,350.00 |
| Bonneville Joint S.D. #93 |
Ucon Elementary School |
$33,225.00 |
| Boundary County S.D. #101 |
Boundary County Junior High School |
$8,625.00 |
| Boundary County S.D. #101 |
Mount Hall Elementary School |
$10,200.00 |
| Boundary County S.D. #101 |
Naples Elementary School |
$7,350.00 |
| Boundary County S.D. #101 |
Valley View Elementary School |
$28,350.00 |
| Bruneau/Grand View Jt SD #365 |
Grand View Elementary School |
$6,300.00 |
| Bruneau/Grand View Jt SD #365 |
Bruneau Elementary School |
$2,550.00 |
| Buhl S.D. #412 |
Popplewell Elementary School |
$42,225.00 |
| Caldwell S.D. #132 |
Jefferson Middle School |
$12,675.00 |
| Caldwell S.D. #132 |
Lewis & Clark Elementary School |
$27,225.00 |
| Caldwell S.D. #132 |
Sacajawea Elementary School |
$29,325.00 |
| Caldwell S.D. #132 |
Van Buren Elementary School |
$42,300.00 |
| Caldwell S.D. #132 |
Washington Elementary School |
$38,775.00 |
| Caldwell S.D. #132 |
Wilson Elementary School |
$33,300.00 |
| Cambridge S.D. #432 |
Cambridge Elementary School |
$4,350.00 |
| Cassia County Jt S.D. #151 |
Dworshak Elementary School |
$30,000.00 |
| Cassia County Jt S.D. #151 |
Oakley Elementary School |
$14,700.00 |
| Cassia County Jt S.D. |
White Pine Elementary School |
$43,500.00 |
| Castleford School S.D. #417 |
Castleford School |
$12,000.00 |
| Challis Joint S.D. # 181 |
Challis Elementary School |
$11,700.00 |
| Clark County S.D. #161 |
Clark County Schools (Lindy Ross Elementary) |
$3,750.00 |
| Coeur D’ Alene Tribal School |
Coeur D’ Alene Tribal School |
$7,200.00 |
| Culdesac S.D. #342 |
Culdesac School |
$5,925.00 |
| Dietrich S.D. #314 |
Dietrich School |
$6,375.00 |
| Emmett S.D. #221 |
Butte View Elementary School |
$11,100.00 |
| Emmett S.D. #221 |
Kenneth Carberry Intermediate School |
$36,900.00 |
| Emmett S.D. #221 |
Shadow Butte Elementary School |
$33,450.00 |
| Emmett S.D. #221 |
Sweet-Montour Elementary School |
$3,150.00 |
| Firth S.D. #059 |
A W Johnson Elementary School |
$21,375.00 |
| Fruitland S.D. #373 |
Fruitland Elementary School |
$40,575.00 |
| Future Public School, Inc. |
Future Public School |
$29,025.00 |
| Glenns Ferry SD #192 |
Glenns Ferry Elementary School |
$11,700.00 |
| Gooding Jt. S.D. #231 |
Gooding Elementary School |
$37,650.00 |
| Hagerman Joint S.D. #233 |
Hagerman Elementary School |
$12,600.00 |
| Hansen S.D. #415 |
Hansen Elementary School |
$11,925.00 |
| Heritage Academy, Inc. |
Heritage Academy |
$7,650.00 |
| Heritage Community Charter School |
HCCS (Heritage Community Charter School) |
$29,925.00 |
| Highland Joint S.D. #305 |
Highland School |
$6,825.00 |
| Homedale S.D. #370 |
Homedale Elementary School |
$35,250.00 |
| Homedale S.D. #370 |
Homedale Middle School |
$13,275.00 |
| Horseshoe Bend S.D. #073 |
Horseshoe Bend Elementary School |
$7,725.00 |
| Idaho Falls S.D. #091 |
A.H. Bush Elementary School |
$23,850.00 |
| Idaho Falls S.D. #091 |
Dora Erickson Elementary School |
$31,125.00 |
| Idaho Falls S.D. #091 |
Ethel Boyes Elementary School |
$40,200.00 |
| Idaho Falls S.D. #091 |
Hawthorne Elementary School |
$21,150.00 |
| Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind #961 |
Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind |
$3,150.00 |
| Jefferson Jt. S.D. #251 |
Harwood Elementary School |
$30,825.00 |
| Jefferson Jt. S.D. #251 |
Roberts Elementary School |
$13,500.00 |
| Jerome S.D. #261 |
Horizon Elementary School |
$45,075.00 |
| Jerome S.D. #261 |
Jefferson Elementary School |
$44,325.00 |
| Jerome S.D. #261 |
Summit Elementary School |
$47,400.00 |
| Kamiah Joint S.D. #304 |
Kamiah Elementary/Middle Schools |
$15,300.00 |
| Kellogg S.D. #391 |
Kellogg Middle School |
$6,675.00 |
| Kellogg S.D. #391 |
Pinehurst Elementary School |
$35,925.00 |
| Lake Pend Oreille S.D. #084 |
Farmin Stidwell Elementary School |
$35,625.00 |
| Lake Pend Oreille S.D. #084 |
Hope Elementary School |
$8,475.00 |
| Lake Pend Oreille S.D. #084 |
Kootenai Elementary School |
$27,375.00 |
| Lake Pend Oreille S.D. #084 |
Southside Elementary School |
$13,425.00 |
| Lakeland Joint S.D. #272 |
John Brown Elementary School |
$19,725.00 |
| Lakeland Joint S.D. #272 |
Spirit Lake Elementary |
$21,525.00 |
| Lapwai S.D. #341 |
Lapwai Elementary School |
$18,000.00 |
| Lapwai S.D. #341 |
Lapwai Jr-Sr High School |
$3,675.00 |
| Lewiston S.D. #340 |
McGhee Elementary School |
$19,350.00 |
| Marsing S.D. #363 |
Marsing Schools |
$28,800.00 |
| Meadows Valley S.D. #011 |
Meadows Valley School |
$5,775.00 |
| Melba S.D. #136 |
Melba Elementary School |
$30,000.00 |
| Minidoka S.D. #331 |
East Minico Middle School |
$13,725.00 |
| Minidoka S.D. #331 |
Rupert Elementary School |
$48,225.00 |
| Minidoka S.D. #331 |
West Minico Middle School |
$12,975.00 |
| Mountain View S.D. #244 |
Clearwater Valley Elementary School |
$8,775.00 |
| Mountain View S.D. #244 |
Grangeville Elementary & Jr. High |
$16,725.00 |
| Nampa S.D. #131 |
Central Elementary School |
$19,575.00 |
| Nampa S.D. #131 |
Endeavor Elementary School |
$33,525.00 |
| Nampa S.D. #131 |
FD Roosevelt Elementary School |
$43,950.00 |
| Nampa S.D. #131 |
Iowa Elementary School |
$36,375.00 |
| Nampa S.D. #131 |
New Horizon Elementary School |
$41,250.00 |
| Nampa S.D. #131 |
Park Ridge Elementary School |
$21,300.00 |
| Nampa S.D. #131 |
Ronald Reagan Elementary School |
$40,800.00 |
| Nampa S.D. #131 |
Sherman Elementary School |
$37,125.00 |
| Nampa S.D. #131 |
Willow Creek Elementary School |
$43,575.00 |
| New Plymouth S.D. #372 |
New Plymouth Elementary School |
$32,025.00 |
| Nezperce Jt. S.D. #302 |
Nezperce School |
$7,875.00 |
| North Valley Academy |
North Valley Academy |
$8,700.00 |
| Orofino Jt. S.D. #171 |
Orofino Elementary School |
$27,150.00 |
| Orofino Jt. S.D. #171 |
Timberline Schools |
$7,650.00 |
| Parma S.D. #137 |
Maxine Johnson Elementary School |
$28,875.00 |
| Parma S.D. #137 |
West Wing |
$11,700.00 |
| Payette S.D. #371 |
Payette Primary School |
$31,875.00 |
| Plummer-Worley JT S.D. #044 |
Lakeside Elementary School |
$9,750.00 |
| Potlatch S.D. #285 |
Potlatch Elementary School |
$19,875.00 |
| Richfield S.D. #316 |
Richfield School |
$6,675.00 |
| Salmon River S.D. #243 |
Riggins Elementary School |
$4,650.00 |
| Salmon S.D. #291 |
Salmon Pioneer Primary School |
$20,250.00 |
| Shoshone Joint S.D. #312 |
Shoshone Elementary School |
$17,400.00 |
| St. Maries Joint S.D. #041 |
Heyburn Elementary School |
$24,975.00 |
| St. Maries Joint S.D. #041 |
Upriver Elem.-Jr. High School |
$6,900.00 |
| Twin Falls S.D. #411 |
Bickel Elementary School |
$14,850.00 |
| Twin Falls S.D. #411 |
Harrison Elementary School |
$25,050.00 |
| Twin Falls S.D. #411 |
IB Perrine Elementary School |
$36,225.00 |
| Twin Falls S.D. #411 |
Lincoln Elementary School |
$30,150.00 |
| Twin Falls S.D. #411 |
Morningside Elementary School |
$33,525.00 |
| Twin Falls S.D. #411 |
Oregon Trail Elementary School |
$36,900.00 |
| Valley S.D. #262 |
Valley School |
$16,350.00 |
| Wallace S.D. #393 |
Silver Hills Elementary School |
$8,325.00 |
| Weiser S.D. #431 |
Park Intermediate School |
$16,950.00 |
| Weiser S.D. #431 |
Pioneer Primary School |
$31,275.00 |
| Wendell S.D. #232 |
Wendell Elementary School |
$33,150.00 |
| Wendell S.D. #232 |
Wendell Middle School |
$11,250.00 |
| West Ada S.D. #002 |
Chief Joseph School of the Arts |
$39,450.00 |
| West Ada S.D. #002 |
Desert Sage Elementary School |
$37,725.00 |
| West Ada S.D. #002 |
Frontier Elementary School |
$18,000.00 |
| West Ada S.D. #002 |
McMillan Elementary School |
$17,550.00 |
| West Ada S.D. #002 |
Meridian Elementary School |
$31,650.00 |
| West Ada S.D. #002 |
Peregrine Elementary School |
$32,850.00 |
| West Ada S.D. #002 |
River Valley Elementary School |
$33,225.00 |
| West Ada S.D. #002 |
Silver Sage Elementary School |
$24,075.00 |
| West Ada S.D. #002 |
Summerwind Elementary School |
$28,125.00 |
| West Ada S.D. #002 |
Ustick Elementary School |
$26,925.00 |
| West Bonner County S.D. #083 |
Idaho Hill Elementary School |
$12,225.00 |
| West Bonner County S.D. #083 |
Priest Lake Elementary School |
$4,575.00 |
| West Bonner County S.D. #083 |
Priest River Elementary School |
$31,125.00 |
| West Jefferson S.D. #253 |
Hamer Elementary School |
$2,925.00 |
| West Jefferson S.D. #253 |
Terreton Elem- Jr High School |
$18,075.00 |
| West Side S.D. #202 |
Harold B Lee Elementary School |
$27,750.00 |
| Wilder S.D. #133 |
Wilder Schools |
$18,000.00 |