STAR MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in STAR, Idaho, STAR MIDDLE SCHOOL is a roomy middle-grades school, one of the schools within JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2. It teaches 1,013 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 100% above the state mean of about 507.

Across the 61 schools in JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2 (38,740 students total), STAR MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, STAR MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 79%. Beyond that, the school shows 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Ada County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, STAR MIDDLE SCHOOL has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.1:1 average. Around 21% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Ada County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Ada County indicate median household earnings sit near $91,502, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ada County runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students), of which STAR MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is STAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.3 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the STAR MIDDLE SCHOOL community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.