MERIDIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL

MERIDIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, a sizable middle-grades school in MERIDIAN, Idaho, run under JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2, works with 960 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 507 students per school, that is 89% above typical.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, MERIDIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 23% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, MERIDIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Ada County (around 34%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Ada County) logs 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%. In all, Ada County runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students), of which MERIDIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 9%: 1,055 students in 2018 compared to 960 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 76% to 66% over that span.

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