Best Public Schools in Meridian, Idaho

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2019)				Ranking (2018)				ISAT Math (2019)							ISAT Science (2019)	ISAT English Language Arts (2019)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2019)	Statewide Rank (2019)	State Percentile (2019)	SchoolDigger Rating (2019)	Average Standard Score (2018)	Statewide Rank (2018)	State Percentile (2018)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISAT Math 3rd Grade	ISAT Math 4th Grade	ISAT Math 5th Grade	ISAT Math 6th Grade	ISAT Math 7th Grade	ISAT Math 8th Grade	ISAT Math All Grades	ISAT Science All Grades	ISAT English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ISAT English Language Arts 4th Grade	ISAT English Language Arts 5th Grade	ISAT English Language Arts 6th Grade	ISAT English Language Arts 7th Grade	ISAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	ISAT English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Meridian Middle School	Public	6-8	1507 West 8th Street	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	Yes	(208) 855-4225	1,170	59	19.8	40.3%	863 (73.8%)	20 (1.7%)	219 (18.7%)	19 (1.6%)	7 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	40 (3.4%)	53.3	16^th of 43 public middle schools	62.8%		64.1	34^th of 100 public middle schools	66.0%	18				39.5	54.1	50.7	47.9	63.1				62.5	62.5	57.7	61.0	$6,956	$801	$6,155
Meridian Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1035 Northwest 1st Street	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	Yes	(208) 855-4335	506	26	19.1	66.6%	367 (72.5%)	16 (3.2%)	103 (20.4%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	13 (2.6%)	48.6	87^th of 171 public elementary schools	49.1%		61.6	88^th of 254 public elementary schools	65.4%	1	47.9	55.4	69.3				57.5	64.0	47.2	37.4	72.0				51.7	$7,537	$1,263	$6,274
Meridian High School	Public	9-12	1900 West Pine Street	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 350-4160	1,860	95	19.5	25.6%	1,451 (78.0%)	36 (1.9%)	266 (14.3%)	26 (1.4%)	12 (0.6%)	4 (0.2%)	65 (3.5%)	53.6	25^th of 56 public high schools	55.4%					(n/a)							41.2	64.6							62.5	$7,180	$609	$6,571
Chaparral Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1155 North Deer Creek Lane	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 350-4180	513	26	19.5	23.4%	429 (83.6%)	4 (0.8%)	55 (10.7%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.8%)	16 (3.1%)	74.9	32^nd of 171 public elementary schools	81.3%		79.7	42^nd of 254 public elementary schools	83.5%	10	67.7	61.0	70.2				66.5	84.6	54.1	62.5	79.3				66.4	$7,716	$609	$7,107
Crossroads Middle School	Public	6-8	650 North Nola	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	Yes	(208) 855-4275	143	14	10.5	57.3%	116 (81.1%)	2 (1.4%)	17 (11.9%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.2%)								(n/a)								30.7							37.1	$11,165	$858	$10,307
Barbara Morgan Stem Academy	Public, Magnet	K-5	1825 Chateau Drive	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	Yes	No	No	(208) 855-4430	456	21	21.7	28.3%	349 (76.5%)	8 (1.8%)	73 (16.0%)	7 (1.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.7%)	67.5	55^th of 171 public elementary schools	67.8%		73.1	62^nd of 254 public elementary schools	75.6%	7	62.4	58.1	50.0				56.6	70.3	63.7	69.1	66.2				66.4	$6,669	$609	$6,060
Meridian Academy	Public	9-12	2311 East Lanark Street	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 855-4315	176	13	13.3	40.3%	151 (85.8%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (9.1%)	2 (1.1%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.4%)								(n/a)															35.9	$9,486	$609	$8,877
Chief Joseph School Of The Arts	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1100 East Chateau	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	Yes	No	Yes	(208) 350-4200	522	29	18.0	41.6%	389 (74.5%)	5 (1.0%)	91 (17.4%)	8 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	26 (5.0%)	82.1	25^th of 171 public elementary schools	85.4%		84.2	30^th of 254 public elementary schools	88.2%	5	74.4	67.0	66.3				69.2	75.6	67.4	64.4	69.4				67.0	$7,649	$1,034	$6,615
Meridian Technical Charter High School	Public, Charter	9-12	3800 North Locust Grove Road	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	Yes	No	No	No	(208) 288-2928	201	14	14.3	1.5%	167 (83.1%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (9.5%)	3 (1.5%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	10 (5.0%)								(n/a)							77.1									$11,232	$00	$11,232
Ponderosa Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2950 North Naomi	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 855-4040	662	27	24.4	26.3%	544 (82.2%)	4 (0.6%)	76 (11.5%)	6 (0.9%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (4.2%)	44.5	94^th of 171 public elementary schools	45.0%		58	100^th of 254 public elementary schools	60.6%	6	65.4	49.2	42.5				51.9	66.7	49.0	55.7	57.5				54.3	$6,095	$609	$5,486
Ada Professional-Technical Center	Public	10-12	1900 West Pine	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 855-4198	0	3	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
River Valley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2900 East River Valley Street	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 884-1741	497	26	19.4	27.4%	378 (76.1%)	7 (1.4%)	70 (14.1%)	10 (2.0%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.6%)	73.5	38^th of 171 public elementary schools	77.8%		66.6	76^th of 254 public elementary schools	70.1%	38	80.2	66.7	53.0				67.3	69.9	67.4	63.1	60.2				63.7	$6,929	$609	$6,320
Peregrine Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1860 Waltman Street	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	Yes	(208) 888-1384	548	31	17.7	47.1%	402 (73.4%)	12 (2.2%)	99 (18.1%)	5 (0.9%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.7%)	25	131^st of 171 public elementary schools	23.4%		22	205^th of 254 public elementary schools	19.3%	74	53.8	29.5	40.2				40.4	59.5	49.4	36.6	55.2				47.3	$7,460	$1,032	$6,428
Lewis & Clark Middle School	Public, Magnet	6-8	4141 East Pine Street	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	Yes	No	No	(208) 350-4270	1,095	55	19.9	31.7%	767 (70.0%)	47 (4.3%)	169 (15.4%)	46 (4.2%)	6 (0.5%)	6 (0.5%)	54 (4.9%)	63.6	13^th of 43 public middle schools	69.8%		79.9	18^th of 100 public middle schools	82.0%	5				38.1	59.4	54.8	50.8	65.7				60.8	69.4	65.7	65.2	$6,819	$655	$6,164
Discovery Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2100 East Leigh Field Drive	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 855-4090	542	27	19.8	16.1%	452 (83.4%)	5 (0.9%)	46 (8.5%)	13 (2.4%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (3.7%)	94.1	4^th of 171 public elementary schools	97.7%		71.1	67^th of 254 public elementary schools	73.6%	63	73.2	85.2	78.3				79.0	82.5	70.9	79.6	83.5				78.2	$7,320	$609	$6,711
Mountain View High School	Public	9-12	2000 South Millennium Way	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 855-4050	2,251	103	21.7	16.0%	1,787 (79.4%)	56 (2.5%)	224 (10.0%)	52 (2.3%)	13 (0.6%)	12 (0.5%)	107 (4.8%)	83	8^th of 56 public high schools	85.7%					(n/a)							54.2	77.2							75.8	$6,872	$609	$6,263
Meridian Medical Arts Charter	Public, Charter	9-12	1789 East Heritage Park Lane	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	Yes	No	No	No	(208) 855-4075	198	14	14.1		162 (81.8%)	1 (0.5%)	13 (6.6%)	12 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.1%)								(n/a)							86.1									$11,226	$00	$11,226
Sawtooth Middle School	Public	6-8	3730 North Linder Road	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 855-4200	1,060	46	23.0	14.9%	889 (83.9%)	5 (0.5%)	104 (9.8%)	6 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	11 (1.0%)	44 (4.2%)	87	5^th of 43 public middle schools	88.4%		79.8	19^th of 100 public middle schools	81.0%	14				59.5	63.7	63.3	62.2	70.5				72.4	75.5	72.1	73.4	$6,444	$609	$5,835
Hunter Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2051 West McMillan Road	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 855-4285	797	33	24.2	13.2%	672 (84.3%)	8 (1.0%)	75 (9.4%)	11 (1.4%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	26 (3.3%)	89.5	9^th of 171 public elementary schools	94.7%		82.1	33^rd of 254 public elementary schools	87.0%	24	76.8	74.1	65.7				72.1	82.6	72.5	72.6	73.8				73.0	$6,295	$609	$5,686
Prospect Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4300 North Red Horse Way	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 350-4000	737	35	21.0	20.4%	610 (82.8%)	9 (1.2%)	62 (8.4%)	16 (2.2%)	4 (0.5%)	6 (0.8%)	30 (4.1%)	73.1	40^th of 171 public elementary schools	76.6%		66.6	77^th of 254 public elementary schools	69.7%	37	66.9	64.2	64.0				65.0	79.9	55.1	66.4	67.7				63.2	$6,599	$609	$5,990
Central Academy High School	Public	9-12	6075 North Locus Grove Road	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 855-4325	156	5	30.1	34.0%	120 (76.9%)	3 (1.9%)	19 (12.2%)	1 (0.6%)	7 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.8%)								(n/a)								36.0								$10,731	$713	$10,018
Pathways Middle School	Public	6-8	1870 East Heritage Park Lane	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	Yes	(208) 350-4040	157	14	11.6	31.8%	139 (88.5%)	1 (0.6%)	8 (5.1%)	3 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.8%)								(n/a)								32.7							45.0	$10,779	$837	$9,943
Paramount Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	550 West Producer Drive	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 350-4120	590	26	22.3	5.8%	529 (89.7%)	5 (0.8%)	25 (4.2%)	12 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	16 (2.7%)	98.2	1^st of 171 public elementary schools	99.4%		94.7	4^th of 254 public elementary schools	98.4%	3	88.6	82.2	83.4				84.5	90.3	89.8	81.3	85.1				85.1	$6,756	$609	$6,147
Heritage Middle School	Public, Magnet	6-8	4990 North Meridian Road	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	Yes	No	No	(208) 350-4130	1,258	56	22.3	11.8%	1,051 (83.5%)	9 (0.7%)	99 (7.9%)	33 (2.6%)	3 (0.2%)	4 (0.3%)	59 (4.7%)	95.7	2^nd of 43 public middle schools	95.3%		93.8	5^th of 100 public middle schools	95.0%	3				68.5	83.8	68.9	74.0	72.7				76.4	89.6	75.0	80.5	$6,356	$609	$5,747
Rocky Mountain High School	Public	9-12	5450 North Linder Road	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 350-4340	2,417	101	23.9	10.1%	2,011 (83.2%)	26 (1.1%)	206 (8.5%)	56 (2.3%)	8 (0.3%)	11 (0.5%)	99 (4.1%)	85.9	5^th of 56 public high schools	91.1%					(n/a)							45.5	75.0							64.7	$6,471	$609	$5,861
Siena Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2870 East Rome Drive	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 350-4370	592	28	21.5	12.7%	498 (84.1%)	3 (0.5%)	48 (8.1%)	14 (2.4%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	24 (4.1%)	84.3	20^th of 171 public elementary schools	88.3%		89.8	15^th of 254 public elementary schools	94.1%	5	70.8	68.9	70.7				70.1	80.7	60.3	70.1	78.9				69.9	$6,578	$609	$5,969
Renaissance High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	1307 East Central Drive	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	Yes	No	No	(208) 350-4380	742	44	16.7	13.3%	576 (77.6%)	3 (0.4%)	65 (8.8%)	59 (8.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (5.0%)	93.2	1^st of 56 public high schools	98.2%					(n/a)							90.7	94.7								$8,128	$609	$7,518
Rebound School Of Opportunity	Public	6-12	1450 East Watertower Street S	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 350-5233	143	2	95.3	2.1%	108 (75.5%)	4 (2.8%)	19 (13.3%)	2 (1.4%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	8 (5.6%)								(n/a)
Willow Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6195 North Long Lake Way	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 350-4410	698	31	22.8	12.9%	598 (85.7%)	2 (0.3%)	62 (8.9%)	6 (0.9%)	4 (0.6%)	4 (0.6%)	22 (3.2%)	70.7	46^th of 171 public elementary schools	73.1%		53	117^th of 254 public elementary schools	53.9%	71	68.4	72.9	54.4				65.1	69.9	66.4	64.0	56.0				61.9	$6,607	$609	$5,998
Hillsdale Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5225 South Howry Lane	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 350-4432	773	32	23.8	12.2%	655 (84.7%)	5 (0.6%)	50 (6.5%)	9 (1.2%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	48 (6.2%)	77.5	30^th of 171 public elementary schools	82.5%					(n/a)	65.4	69.0	63.7				66.0	82.3	59.7	65.1	72.6				66.0	$6,115	$609	$5,506
Idaho Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1965 South Eagle Road Suite 1	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Idaho Virtual Academy Inc.	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	(208) 322-3559	1,692	50	33.6	1.8%	1,423 (84.1%)	22 (1.3%)	211 (12.5%)	10 (0.6%)	14 (0.8%)	3 (0.2%)	9 (0.5%)								(n/a)															49.3	$8,430	$859	$7,571
Insight School Of Idaho	Public, Virtual, Charter	6-12	1965 South Eagle Road Suite 1	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Idaho Virtual Academy Inc.	Yes	No	Yes	No	(208) 322-3559	148	8	17.6		117 (79.1%)	4 (2.7%)	19 (12.8%)	2 (1.4%)	3 (2.0%)	2 (1.4%)	1 (0.7%)								(n/a)															37.5
Compass Public Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4667 West Aviator Street	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Compass Public Charter School Inc.	Yes	No	No	Yes	(208) 855-2802	1,088	51	21.2	15.3%	900 (82.7%)	13 (1.2%)	100 (9.2%)	34 (3.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	39 (3.6%)								(n/a)																$5,937	$683	$5,254
Idaho Technical Career Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter	9-12	1965 South Eagle Road Suite 1	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Idaho College And Career Readiness Academy Inc.	Yes	No	Yes	No	(208) 917-2420	124	7	16.5		100 (80.6%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (15.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	3 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	45.7	32^nd of 56 public high schools	42.9%					(n/a)																$9,675	$91	$9,584
Gem Prep: Meridian	Public, Charter	K-8	2750 Gala Court	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Gem Prep: Meridian LLC	Yes	No	No	Yes	(208) 917-9150	263	11	23.0	42.6%	213 (81.0%)	2 (0.8%)	29 (11.0%)	4 (1.5%)	2 (0.8%)	2 (0.8%)	11 (4.2%)								(n/a)																$8,768	$937	$7,831
Silver Trail Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2950 West Mason Creek Road	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Kuna Joint District	No	No	No	No	(208) 472-9731	455	21	21.7	23.7%	407 (89.5%)	3 (0.7%)	35 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.7%)	69	51^st of 171 public elementary schools	70.2%		79.1	45^th of 254 public elementary schools	82.3%	6	70.0	64.1	55.4				62.9		54.3	61.6	68.3				61.7	$7,167	$797	$6,369
Mary McPherson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1050 East Amity Road	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 855-4300	530	25	21.5	13.6%	438 (82.6%)	4 (0.8%)	50 (9.4%)	10 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (4.9%)	69.6	48^th of 171 public elementary schools	71.9%		76	55^th of 254 public elementary schools	78.3%	7	74.5	47.2	64.2				62.0	80.0	60.0	58.4	74.7				64.6	$6,373	$609	$5,763
Victory Middle School	Public	6-8	920 West Kodiak Drive	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 350-4443	939	43	21.7	13.1%	767 (81.7%)	11 (1.2%)	96 (10.2%)	22 (2.3%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (4.3%)	96.5	1^st of 43 public middle schools	97.7%					(n/a)				69.4	73.9	68.9	70.8	76.9				82.9	84.2	78.9	82.0	$6,561	$609	$5,952

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Kuna	1.53 mi	12	43^rd
Boise	5.71 mi	75	23^rd
Nampa	7.59 mi	40	40^th
Melba	9.72 mi	2	42^nd
Garden City	12.93 mi	2	6^th

Best Public Schools in Meridian, ID

Paramount Elementary School

Victory Middle School

Heritage Middle School

Discovery Elementary School

Renaissance High School

Hunter Elementary School

Sawtooth Middle School

Rocky Mountain High School

Siena Elementary

Mountain View High School

Chief Joseph School Of The Arts

Hillsdale Elementary

Chaparral Elementary

River Valley Elementary School

Prospect Elementary School

Willow Creek Elementary School

Mary McPherson Elementary

Silver Trail Elementary School

Barbara Morgan Stem Academy

Lewis & Clark Middle School

Meridian High School

Meridian Middle School

Meridian Elementary School

Idaho Technical Career Academy

Ponderosa Elementary School

Peregrine Elementary School

Ada Professional-Technical Center

Central Academy High School

Compass Public Charter School

Crossroads Middle School

Gem Prep: Meridian

Idaho Virtual Academy

Insight School Of Idaho

Meridian Academy

Meridian Medical Arts Charter

Meridian Technical Charter High School

Pathways Middle School

Rebound School Of Opportunity

Cities Near Meridian