MERIDIAN HIGH SCHOOL

MERIDIAN HIGH SCHOOL, a heavily attended 9-12 campus in MERIDIAN, Idaho, part of JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2, educates 1,774 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Idaho's public schools average about 455 students each, so MERIDIAN HIGH SCHOOL sits 290% bigger than that benchmark.

Within JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2, which oversees 61 schools and 38,740 students, MERIDIAN HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, MERIDIAN HIGH SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 70%; the rest consists of 21% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the resource side, The school employs 94 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the surrounding community, Ada County reports that median household income runs about $91,502, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Ada County runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students), of which MERIDIAN HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: DORAL ACADEMY OF IDAHO, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MERIDIAN HIGH SCHOOL has stayed largely flat, going from 1,809 students in 2018 to 1,774 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 78% to 70% across the same window.

On allk12, members of the MERIDIAN HIGH SCHOOL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.