SOUTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

SOUTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in BOISE, Idaho, one of the schools within BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT, educates 533 students, covering grades 7 through 9.

BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 22,134 students. SOUTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, SOUTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Ada County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. The state averages around 17.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 97% of students at SOUTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Ada County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Ada County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $91,502 per year, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ada County's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students), SOUTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MONROE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

SOUTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 20%: 664 students in 2018 compared to 533 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 70% to 62%.

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