NORTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

NORTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates as a heavily attended intermediate school in BOISE, Idaho, part of BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 886 students spanning grades 7 through 9. Compared to the state average of about 507 students per school, that is 75% bigger than typical.

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

Looking at the student body, NORTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment; the rest reads as 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black.

Looking at school resources, NORTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.1:1, putting NORTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 21% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Ada County (around 34%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Ada County indicate 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%. NORTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 156 public schools in Ada County (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students).

LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 11%: 995 students in 2018 compared to 886 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 85% to 78%.

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