LAKE HAZEL MIDDLE SCHOOL

LAKE HAZEL MIDDLE SCHOOL is a 6-8 campus of substantial scale in BOISE, Idaho, overseen by JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2, serveing 986 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 94% above the state mean of about 507.

JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2 runs 61 schools in total, collectively educating 38,740 students. LAKE HAZEL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, LAKE HAZEL MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black, 4% Asian. By comparison, Ada County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, LAKE HAZEL MIDDLE SCHOOL logs 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.1:1 average. Roughly 39% of students at LAKE HAZEL MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Across the wider county, Ada County reports that median household income runs about $91,502, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Ada County's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students), LAKE HAZEL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LAKE HAZEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 3%: 957 students in 2018 compared to 986 in 2025.

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