Best Public Schools in Meridian, Idaho

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2021)				Ranking (2019)				ISAT Math (2021)								ISAT English Language Arts (2021)								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 (2021)	Statewide Rank (2021)	State Percentile (2021)	SchoolDigger Rating (2021)	Average Standard Score (2019)	Statewide Rank (2019)	State Percentile (2019)	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 End of Course	ISAT Math 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 End of Course	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	1,025	61	16.7	25.5%	757 (73.9%)	16 (1.6%)	193 (18.8%)	13 (1.3%)	11 (1.1%)	4 (0.4%)	31 (3.0%)	47.7	21^st of 42 public middle schools	50.0%		53.3	16^th of 43 public middle schools	62.8%	5				31.5	50.7	30.9		38.1				55.9	64.9	53.6		58.3	$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	400	22	17.9	66.8%	272 (68.0%)	11 (2.8%)	94 (23.5%)	4 (1.0%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	14 (3.5%)	25.6	126^th of 166 public elementary schools	24.1%		48.6	87^th of 171 public elementary schools	49.1%	39								35.1	42.8	38.1	52.8					44.5	$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	1,855	96	19.2	15.6%	1,428 (77.0%)	34 (1.8%)	279 (15.0%)	30 (1.6%)	12 (0.6%)	9 (0.5%)	63 (3.4%)	33.4	61^st of 88 public high schools	30.7%					(n/a)								30.2								51.8	$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	361	24	15.2	16.9%	298 (82.5%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (10.2%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.1%)	17 (4.7%)	77.5	33^rd of 166 public elementary schools	80.1%		74.9	32^nd of 171 public elementary schools	81.3%	1	60.4	64.8	64.7					63.2	59.6	68.5	64.7					64.4	$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	122	15	8.1	41.0%	98 (80.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (13.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	7 (5.7%)								(n/a)																	$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	392	23	16.8	17.9%	302 (77.0%)	8 (2.0%)	65 (16.6%)	5 (1.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.6%)	88.1	14^th of 166 public elementary schools	91.6%		67.5	55^th of 171 public elementary schools	67.8%	41	81.9	64.0	65.4					69.7	79.7	62.2	76.0					72.1	$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	185	12	15.1	25.9%	160 (86.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (9.2%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.7%)								(n/a)																	$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	455	30	14.9	34.1%	325 (71.4%)	2 (0.4%)	92 (20.2%)	7 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (5.9%)	80.5	29^th of 166 public elementary schools	82.5%		82.1	25^th of 171 public elementary schools	85.4%	4	70.7	65.1	48.5					62.1	73.2	68.3	68.2					70.1	$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	202	14	14.4	6.9%	168 (83.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (10.9%)	4 (2.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.5%)								(n/a)								76.0									$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	403	22	18.4	25.6%	327 (81.1%)	7 (1.7%)	43 (10.7%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (5.0%)	52.8	73^rd of 166 public elementary schools	56.0%		44.5	94^th of 171 public elementary schools	45.0%	21	57.0	56.8	36.9					50.2	57.0	52.4	58.9					55.8	$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	1	.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	392	21	18.3	23.5%	277 (70.7%)	5 (1.3%)	61 (15.6%)	13 (3.3%)	6 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	29 (7.4%)	53.5	70^th of 166 public elementary schools	57.8%		73.5	38^th of 171 public elementary schools	77.8%	32	62.5	44.7	52.5					53.9	62.5	48.2	51.3					54.4	$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	390	28	13.7	32.1%	293 (75.1%)	15 (3.8%)	47 (12.1%)	4 (1.0%)	4 (1.0%)	3 (0.8%)	24 (6.2%)	49.2	81^st of 166 public elementary schools	51.2%		25	131^st of 171 public elementary schools	23.4%	50	55.7	51.9	31.9					46.8	60.8	53.1	56.5					56.6	$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	850	53	15.9	20.6%	600 (70.6%)	35 (4.1%)	149 (17.5%)	22 (2.6%)	5 (0.6%)	3 (0.4%)	36 (4.2%)	63.9	13^th of 42 public middle schools	69.0%		63.6	13^th of 43 public middle schools	69.8%					44.7	43.9	42.5		43.6				73.4	62.9	57.7		64.1	$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	401	24	16.8	16.0%	335 (83.5%)	8 (2.0%)	36 (9.0%)	9 (2.2%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.5%)	98.5	1^st of 166 public elementary schools	99.4%		94.1	4^th of 171 public elementary schools	97.7%	3	81.9	85.3	78.2					81.7	83.1	88.0	85.9					85.7	$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	2,245	103	21.7	11.5%	1,750 (78.0%)	63 (2.8%)	243 (10.8%)	53 (2.4%)	10 (0.4%)	7 (0.3%)	119 (5.3%)	71.6	17^th of 88 public high schools	80.7%					(n/a)								42.1								72.4	$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	195	14	13.4	28.2%	148 (75.9%)	3 (1.5%)	21 (10.8%)	14 (7.2%)	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	6 (3.1%)								(n/a)																	$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	901	48	18.7	11.1%	764 (84.8%)	2 (0.2%)	84 (9.3%)	5 (0.6%)	4 (0.4%)	7 (0.8%)	35 (3.9%)	84.2	6^th of 42 public middle schools	85.7%		87	5^th of 43 public middle schools	88.4%	1				48.3	57.4	54.8		53.7				66.3	77.1	72.0		72.0	$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	494	24	20.7	9.5%	410 (83.0%)	2 (0.4%)	52 (10.5%)	7 (1.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.3%)	86	20^th of 166 public elementary schools	88.0%		89.5	9^th of 171 public elementary schools	94.7%	11	66.3	68.2	69.4					68.1	59.5	69.3	83.4					71.6	$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	501	28	18.0	15.0%	397 (79.2%)	11 (2.2%)	44 (8.8%)	14 (2.8%)	5 (1.0%)	5 (1.0%)	25 (5.0%)	71.4	48^th of 166 public elementary schools	71.1%		73.1	40^th of 171 public elementary schools	76.6%	8	67.7	51.9	71.1					63.0	53.3	55.8	73.7					60.7	$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	157	13	12.5	33.8%	118 (75.2%)	5 (3.2%)	22 (14.0%)	2 (1.3%)	5 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.2%)								(n/a)																	$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	132	15	9.1	29.5%	115 (87.1%)	3 (2.3%)	7 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.5%)								(n/a)																41.9	$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	444	23	19.3	7.7%	375 (84.5%)	4 (0.9%)	33 (7.4%)	12 (2.7%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.4%)	95.6	5^th of 166 public elementary schools	97.0%		98.2	1^st of 171 public elementary schools	99.4%	4	86.1							81.0	75.9	74.0	81.8					77.2	$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	1,035	55	18.9	9.7%	869 (84.0%)	9 (0.9%)	82 (7.9%)	24 (2.3%)	2 (0.2%)	5 (0.5%)	44 (4.3%)	95.2	2^nd of 42 public middle schools	95.2%		95.7	2^nd of 43 public middle schools	95.3%					60.9	67.7	60.7		63.0				75.0	82.1	81.7		79.7	$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	2,403	101	23.8	7.4%	2,016 (83.9%)	24 (1.0%)	225 (9.4%)	37 (1.5%)	1 (0.0%)	6 (0.2%)	94 (3.9%)	80.9	12^th of 88 public high schools	86.4%					(n/a)								47.8								76.1	$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	561	29	19.2	11.8%	453 (80.7%)	4 (0.7%)	53 (9.4%)	17 (3.0%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.3%)	87.8	15^th of 166 public elementary schools	91.0%		84.3	20^th of 171 public elementary schools	88.3%	5	67.3	84.2	65.0					72.4	57.5	79.3	78.2					72.4	$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	713	44	16.1	8.8%	534 (74.9%)	4 (0.6%)	77 (10.8%)	63 (8.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (4.8%)	99.8	1^st of 88 public high schools	98.9%					(n/a)								81.0								95.4	$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	127	1	127.0	26.0%	86 (67.7%)	3 (2.4%)	26 (20.5%)	4 (3.1%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	6 (4.7%)								(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	486	26	18.7	8.0%	416 (85.6%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (9.1%)	5 (1.0%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.3%)	75	39^th of 166 public elementary schools	76.5%		70.7	46^th of 171 public elementary schools	73.1%	7	55.5	70.0	56.4					60.7	59.3	77.7	62.4					66.6	$6,607	$609	$5,998
Virtual School House	Public, Virtual, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1303 East Central Drive	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	Yes	No	(208) 350-5079	3,062	114	26.7	12.0%	2,277 (74.4%)	42 (1.4%)	398 (13.0%)	117 (3.8%)	15 (0.5%)	25 (0.8%)	188 (6.1%)								(n/a)	53.5	49.6	46.2	47.4	45.9	52.5	35.5	47.8	59.8	56.3	60.8	57.0	67.6	75.1	81.9	64.4
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	648	32	20.1	7.1%	555 (85.6%)	4 (0.6%)	39 (6.0%)	6 (0.9%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	39 (6.0%)	84.6	22^nd of 166 public elementary schools	86.7%		77.5	30^th of 171 public elementary schools	82.5%	8	64.9	71.5	62.1					66.3	64.7	65.7	74.7					68.2	$6,115	$609	$5,506
Idaho Technical Career Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter	9-12	1965 South Eagle Road Suite 1	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Idaho College And Career Readi	Yes	No	Yes	No	(208) 917-2420	291	11	25.7	37.5%	211 (72.5%)	3 (1.0%)	60 (20.6%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (4.1%)								(n/a)																	$9,675	$91	$9,584
Gem Prep: Online School	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	2750 East Gala Street	Meridian	83642	Latah County	Gem Prep: Online LLC	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	(208) 672-1155	571	19	30.4	25.2%	477 (83.5%)	6 (1.1%)	57 (10.0%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.4%)								(n/a)
Gem Prep: Meridian	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-10	2750 Gala Street	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Gem Prep: Meridian LLC	Yes	No	No	Yes	(208) 917-9150	466	19	24.5	31.1%	376 (80.7%)	8 (1.7%)	50 (10.7%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.5%)	2 (0.4%)	22 (4.7%)								(n/a)																	$8,768	$937	$7,831
Doral Academy Of Idaho	Public, Charter	K-5	2217 West Windchime Drive	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Doral Academy Of Idaho Inc.	Yes	No	No	Yes	(208) 332-6800	146	10	15.3	18.5%	112 (76.7%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (17.8%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.8%)								(n/a)
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	3,395	87	39.1	41.4%	2,708 (79.8%)	26 (0.8%)	441 (13.0%)	20 (0.6%)	19 (0.6%)	5 (0.1%)	176 (5.2%)								(n/a)																46.3	$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	380	11	35.5	36.1%	286 (75.3%)	1 (0.3%)	63 (16.6%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (1.8%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (5.5%)								(n/a)																34.0
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	478	23	20.7	18.0%	416 (87.0%)	2 (0.4%)	48 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.5%)	72.6	45^th of 166 public elementary schools	72.9%		69	51^st of 171 public elementary schools	70.2%	6	60.3	59.7	56.7					58.9	54.0	63.4	74.4					64.3	$7,167	$797	$6,369
Swan Falls High School	Public	9-12	7300 South Linder Road	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Kuna Joint District	No	No	No	No	(208) 332-6800	202	5	40.4	11.4%	161 (79.7%)	1 (0.5%)	26 (12.9%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)	2 (1.0%)	9 (4.5%)	25.8	70^th of 88 public high schools	20.5%					(n/a)								28.0								48.0
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	469	24	19.4	10.9%	384 (81.9%)	9 (1.9%)	49 (10.4%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	20 (4.3%)	71.7	47^th of 166 public elementary schools	71.7%		69.6	48^th of 171 public elementary schools	71.9%	1	59.8	57.0	61.3					59.2	55.3	61.3	71.3					62.6	$6,373	$609	$5,763
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	1,213	60	20.1	12.4%	997 (82.2%)	15 (1.2%)	120 (9.9%)	38 (3.1%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	40 (3.3%)								(n/a)																	$5,937	$683	$5,254
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	874	43	20.0	7.1%	708 (81.0%)	12 (1.4%)	79 (9.0%)	20 (2.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	53 (6.1%)	87.8	4^th of 42 public middle schools	90.5%		96.5	1^st of 43 public middle schools	97.7%	3				50.0	62.5	50.5		54.4				70.6	78.7	79.3		76.1	$6,561	$609	$5,952
Pleasant View Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4600 West Gondola Drive	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 332-6800	365	16	23.5	6.6%	299 (81.9%)	3 (0.8%)	39 (10.7%)	5 (1.4%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.4%)	89.5	12^th of 166 public elementary schools	92.8%					(n/a)	73.9		65.0					67.7	80.0	73.9	66.7					73.6

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Kuna	1.53 mi	12	49^th
Deary	4.88 mi	3
Boise	5.71 mi	79	19^th
Nampa	7.59 mi	41	44^th
Melba	9.72 mi	2	39^th

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