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Best Middle Schools in Ada County, ID

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14,989

Students

Districts

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Top rankedHeritage Middle School14^th of 177 Idaho middle schools

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Biggest riser

Kuna Middle School up 17 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Crossroads Middle School 8 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Synergy Middle School and 2 more

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ISAT Math (2026)				ISAT Science (2026)		ISAT English Language Arts (2026)				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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISAT Math 6th Grade	ISAT Math 7th Grade	ISAT Math 8th Grade	ISAT Math All Grades	ISAT Science 8th Grade	ISAT Science All Grades	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
Fairmont Junior High School	Public	7-9	2121 North Cole Road	Boise	83704	Ada County	Boise Independent District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 854-4790	659	43	15.4		336 (51.0%)	53 (8.0%)	216 (32.8%)	16 (2.4%)	4 (0.6%)	6 (0.9%)	28 (4.2%)	10.5	166^th of 177 public middle schools	6.2%					(n/a)		25.1	24.4	24.8	25.5			41.9	32.2	37.1	$10,023	$750	$9,273
Hillside Junior High School	Public	7-9	3536 Hill Road	Boise	83703	Ada County	Boise Independent District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 854-5120	561	36	15.6	26.2%	439 (78.3%)	36 (6.4%)	41 (7.3%)	13 (2.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (5.3%)	45.5	88^th of 177 public middle schools	50.3%		48.9	80^th of 166 public middle schools	51.8%	8		48.5	43.6	45.9	40.9			54.7	50.6	52.5	$10,075	$866	$9,208
North Junior High School	Public	7-9	1105 North 13th Street	Boise	83702	Ada County	Boise Independent District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 854-5740	886	47	18.7	20.5%	690 (77.9%)	33 (3.7%)	102 (11.5%)	12 (1.4%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (5.0%)	81.5	25^th of 177 public middle schools	85.9%		66.7	41^st of 166 public middle schools	75.3%	16		65.5	65.1	65.3	53.3			68.3	67.2	67.8	$8,791	$618	$8,174
South Junior High School	Public	7-9	3101 Cassia Street	Boise	83705	Ada County	Boise Independent District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 854-6110	533	37	14.5	97.0%	329 (61.7%)	44 (8.3%)	114 (21.4%)	12 (2.3%)	4 (0.8%)	3 (0.6%)	27 (5.1%)	27.2	138^th of 177 public middle schools	22.0%					(n/a)		27.4	41.8	34.7	33.1			38.9	52.8	45.8	$11,445	$758	$10,687
Les Bois Junior High School	Public	6-9	4150 East Grand Forest Drive	Boise	83716	Ada County	Boise Independent District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 854-5340	658	39	16.9	21.0%	473 (71.9%)	16 (2.4%)	58 (8.8%)	49 (7.4%)	2 (0.3%)	7 (1.1%)	53 (8.1%)	80.1	29^th of 177 public middle schools	83.6%		83.5	19^th of 166 public middle schools	88.6%	10		68.2	59.8	64.2	58.0			69.7	60.2	65.2	$9,051	$582	$8,468
Riverglen Junior High School	Public	7-9	6801 North Gary Lane	Boise	83714	Ada County	Boise Independent District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 854-5910	497	36	13.6	37.8%	360 (72.4%)	19 (3.8%)	77 (15.5%)	12 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	25 (5.0%)	33	119^th of 177 public middle schools	32.8%		41.8	95^th of 166 public middle schools	42.8%	24		34.8	35.1	35.0	41.7			52.8	47.9	50.3	$11,760	$1,178	$10,582
West Junior High	Public	7-9	8371 West Salt Creek Court	Boise	83709	Ada County	Boise Independent District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 854-6450	717	41	17.5	37.4%	525 (73.2%)	15 (2.1%)	117 (16.3%)	15 (2.1%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	40 (5.6%)	32.9	120^th of 177 public middle schools	32.2%		28.4	127^th of 166 public middle schools	23.5%	7		47.4	34.6	40.7	32.2			52.1	45.3	48.5	$9,693	$868	$8,825
East Junior High School	Public	7-9	5600 East Warm Springs Avenue	Boise	83716	Ada County	Boise Independent District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 854-4730	620	35	17.8	13.7%	439 (70.8%)	9 (1.5%)	68 (11.0%)	72 (11.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.0%)	86.3	21^st of 177 public middle schools	88.1%		82	22^nd of 166 public middle schools	86.7%	1		73.5	67.7	70.4	58.6			68.5	69.5	69.1	$9,315	$771	$8,545
Kuna Middle School	Public	6-8	1360 West Boise Street	Kuna	83634	Ada County	Kuna Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 922-1002	672	38	17.4	43.8%	515 (76.6%)	11 (1.6%)	122 (18.2%)	6 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.4%)	42.6	93^rd of 177 public middle schools	47.5%		35.8	110^th of 166 public middle schools	33.7%	17	42.3	45.0	52.1	46.3	45.6		38.9	47.8	53.0	46.2	$6,934	$851	$6,082
Fremont H Teed Middle School	Public	6-8	441 East Porter Road	Kuna	83634	Ada County	Kuna Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 922-1005	472	25	18.8	28.0%	381 (80.7%)	9 (1.9%)	53 (11.2%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	18 (3.8%)	37.5	104^th of 177 public middle schools	41.2%		42.7	93^rd of 166 public middle schools	44.0%	11	42.2	40.5	42.0	41.6	< 39%	< 39%	38.8	49.7	57.1	48.4	$7,001	$496	$6,505
Synergy Middle School	Public	6-8	441 East Porter Street	Kuna	83634	Ada County	Kuna Joint District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(208) 332-6800	95	5	19.7	33.7%	83 (87.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	3 (3.2%)	44.4	91^st of 177 public middle schools	48.6%					(n/a)	39.1	60.7	41.9	47.6	< 55%	< 55%	26.1	57.1	56.7	48.1
Eagle Middle School	Public	6-8	1000 West Floating Feather	Eagle	83616	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 939-2216	836	37	22.8	16.0%	686 (82.1%)	7 (0.8%)	90 (10.8%)	12 (1.4%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	38 (4.5%)	89.7	16^th of 177 public middle schools	91.0%		94	7^th of 166 public middle schools	95.8%	9	66.0	63.1	60.7	63.2	68.6		72.9	84.4	72.9	76.6	$6,822	$609	$6,213
Lowell Scott Middle School	Public	6-8	13600 West McMillan Road	Boise	83713	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 350-4060	773	37	21.1	35.2%	606 (78.4%)	27 (3.5%)	66 (8.5%)	22 (2.8%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	46 (6.0%)	86.7	20^th of 177 public middle schools	88.7%		87	15^th of 166 public middle schools	91.0%	5	51.5	69.6	63.3	61.4	68.4		70.7	78.1	75.8	74.9	$7,081	$609	$6,472
Meridian Middle School	Public	6-8	1507 West 8th Street	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 855-4225	960	54	17.7	49.3%	637 (66.4%)	25 (2.6%)	220 (22.9%)	19 (2.0%)	10 (1.0%)	6 (0.6%)	43 (4.5%)	39.6	100^th of 177 public middle schools	43.5%		52.3	66^th of 166 public middle schools	60.2%	34	35.4	33.3	46.6	38.4	44.0		53.2	55.1	48.3	52.2	$6,956	$801	$6,155
Crossroads Middle School	Public	6-8	650 North Nola	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 855-4275	124	16	8.0	47.6%	103 (83.1%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (12.9%)	2 (1.6%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)								(n/a)	< 32%	< 34%	31.0	28.6	< 40%	< 40%	< 20%	< 45%	50.0	33.6	$11,165	$858	$10,307
Lake Hazel Middle School	Public	6-8	11625 La Grange Street	Boise	83709	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 855-4375	986	53	18.7	39.0%	703 (71.3%)	55 (5.6%)	110 (11.2%)	41 (4.2%)	3 (0.3%)	9 (0.9%)	65 (6.6%)	71.2	41^st of 177 public middle schools	76.8%		64.5	44^th of 166 public middle schools	73.5%	3	51.6	54.4	60.6	55.7	60.5		55.4	62.4	66.2	61.5	$6,611	$609	$6,002
Lewis & Clark Middle School	Public, Magnet	6-8	4141 East Pine Street	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	Yes	(n/a)	No	(208) 350-4270	898	42	21.2	40.9%	597 (66.5%)	28 (3.1%)	177 (19.7%)	32 (3.6%)	3 (0.3%)	6 (0.7%)	55 (6.1%)	60.2	58^th of 177 public middle schools	67.2%		59.1	56^th of 166 public middle schools	66.3%	2	45.7	45.1	44.4	45.1	49.5		66.8	62.7	62.5	63.9	$6,819	$655	$6,164
Sawtooth Middle School	Public	6-8	3730 North Linder Road	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 855-4200	829	38	21.6	22.0%	694 (83.7%)	6 (0.7%)	85 (10.3%)	9 (1.1%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	30 (3.6%)	83.6	23^rd of 177 public middle schools	87.0%		85.5	17^th of 166 public middle schools	89.8%	6	58.2	67.9	61.5	62.4	59.0		64.7	75.5	69.5	69.7	$6,444	$609	$5,835
Pathways Middle School	Public	6-8	1870 East Heritage Park Lane	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 350-4040	122	14	8.5	49.2%	98 (80.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (9.0%)	1 (0.8%)	4 (3.3%)	1 (0.8%)	7 (5.7%)	33.1	118^th of 177 public middle schools	33.3%		33.7	118^th of 166 public middle schools	28.9%		< 23%	< 22%	< 29%	19.8	33.3		28.6	48.9	63.6	47.4	$10,779	$837	$9,943
Heritage Middle School	Public, Magnet	6-8	4990 North Meridian Road	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	Yes	(n/a)	No	(208) 350-4130	1,003	46	21.7	18.7%	796 (79.4%)	14 (1.4%)	106 (10.6%)	25 (2.5%)	6 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	54 (5.4%)	91.3	14^th of 177 public middle schools	92.1%		89.4	12^th of 166 public middle schools	92.8%	2	73.4	69.6	55.9	66.0	68.0		80.7	78.7	76.3	78.5	$6,356	$609	$5,747
Victory Middle School	Public	6-8	920 West Kodiak Drive	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 350-4443	1,075	44	24.2	18.8%	830 (77.2%)	15 (1.4%)	118 (11.0%)	50 (4.7%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.7%)	54 (5.0%)	90.5	15^th of 177 public middle schools	91.5%		91.3	10^th of 166 public middle schools	94.0%	5	66.6	67.4	61.2	65.0	61.6		80.9	78.8	77.3	79.0	$6,561	$609	$5,952
Star Middle School	Public	6-8	2211 North Pollard Lane	Star	83669	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 350-4471	1,013	43	23.5	20.9%	804 (79.4%)	13 (1.3%)	141 (13.9%)	11 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	43 (4.2%)	79.4	30^th of 177 public middle schools	83.1%		80.8	24^th of 166 public middle schools	85.5%	6	57.4	58.7	55.0	57.0	58.9		68.0	73.8	65.5	69.0	$7,417	$609	$6,808

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