HILLSIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

HILLSIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a 6-8 campus of moderately sized scale in BOISE, Idaho, overseen by BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT, instructing 561 students in grades 7 through 9.

HILLSIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 52 schools operated by BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT, a district that caters to 22,134 students overall.

Demographically, HILLSIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 78%. Beyond that, the school logs 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Ada County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $91,502 per year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HILLSIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 156 public schools in Ada County (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students).

COLLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HILLSIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL has contracted 19%, going from 689 students in 2018 to 561 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 11% to 6% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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