FAIRMONT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 2121 NORTH COLE ROAD, in BOISE, Idaho, FAIRMONT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is an average-sized intermediate school that enrolls 659 students (grades 7 through 9), run under BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 30% bigger than the state mean of about 507.

BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 22,134 students. FAIRMONT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, FAIRMONT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 33% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, FAIRMONT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.1:1 average.

Across the wider county, census data for Ada County shows median household earnings sit near $91,502, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. FAIRMONT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 156 public schools in Ada County (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students).

MORLEY NELSON ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FAIRMONT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. FAIRMONT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 16% since 2018, when it stood at 782 (now 659). The White share of enrollment shrank from 62% to 51% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

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