Summary
Heritage Middle School is a large public school in Meridian, Idaho, serving 1,003 students in grades 6–8 within the Joint School District No. 2. The school has earned a 5-star rating from the state every year since 2015-16 and currently ranks 14th out of 174 Idaho middle schools, placing it in the 92nd percentile — a remarkable track record of consistency.
Academically, Heritage outperforms both its district and the state by wide margins. In the latest testing year, 66.0% of students were proficient in math and 78.5% in English language arts, compared to statewide rates of 43.1% and 54.0%, respectively. Eighth-grade science proficiency stands at 68.0%, well above the state's 42.9%. The one area to watch is 8th grade math, where 55.9% proficiency, while still 15 points above the state average, dips slightly below the district average of 56.4%. Heritage's closest competitors are Victory Middle School and Eagle Middle School, which rank 15th and 16th statewide, respectively; Victory edges Heritage slightly in ELA (79.0% vs. 78.5%), while Heritage leads the cluster in math. Lowell Scott Middle School also performs well, ranking 20th with 61.4% math proficiency.
Heritage also stands out for attendance and efficiency. Its chronic absenteeism rate of 10.7% is the lowest among nearby middle schools — far better than Victory's 16.0%, Star Middle School's 16.7%, and Sawtooth Middle School's 17.0%. The school achieves these strong results while spending just $6,356 per student, the lowest among area middle schools, and its performance is strong across student subgroups, including Hispanic students, female students, and students from low-income households. For parents, Heritage offers a well-rounded, consistently high-performing option in the Meridian area, with the caveat that 8th grade math is worth monitoring.
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