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South Hills Middle School

Q: Is South Hills Middle School a good school?

South Hills Middle School ranks in the bottom 0.6% of Idaho middle schools.

Q: How many students attend South Hills Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 525 students attended South Hills Middle School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of South Hills Middle School?

Students at South Hills Middle School are 59% White, 38% Hispanic, 1% African American.

Public Grades 6-8

165^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 166 Idaho Middle Schools

Better than 1% of Idaho middle schools

Summary

South Hills Middle School is a public middle school located in Twin Falls, Idaho, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 584 students. The school is part of the Twin Falls District, which is ranked 58 out of 96 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

South Hills Middle School consistently underperforms compared to the Twin Falls District and the state of Idaho in standardized test scores across all subjects and grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 16.4% of students were proficient or better in ISAT/Math, compared to 37.6% for the Twin Falls District and 43.1% for the state. The school also struggles to support its student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 10% of Idaho middle schools for both female and male students, and in the bottom 30% for Hispanic and White students.

Additionally, South Hills Middle School has significantly higher chronic absenteeism rates compared to the district and state averages, with a 30.1% chronic absenteeism rate in the 2023-2024 school year, nearly double the district and state averages. Despite having a higher percentage of students from low-income families, the school spends less per student ($8,182 in 2018-2019) compared to the district average and the nearby Robert Stuart Middle School and Vera C O'Leary Middle School, which outperform South Hills Middle School in both academic achievement and student subgroup performance.

525

Students ?

15.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$8,182

Per pupil spending ?

55.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1550 Harrison Street
Twin Falls, ID 83301-8727

(208) 732-5160

District: Twin Falls District

Feeder schools for South Hills Middle School:

Elementary:	Bickel Elementary School
	Lincoln Elementary School
	Oregon Trail Elementary School

Racial breakdown:

White:

59.4%

Hispanic:

38.3%

African American:

1.3%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 4th percentile in 2022 → 1st in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Idaho average (22% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (1st percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (31% vs 15% Idaho)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school22%

District avg42%

Idaho avg47%

165^th of 166

Idaho public middle schools ?

Bottom 1%▼ down 3 pts since 2022

From bottom 4% (2022) to bottom 1% (2025)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 3Middle Schools in the Twin Falls District

58^th of 96Twin Falls District among Idaho districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Idaho percentile	Rating
2025	3.5	165 of 166	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.8	147 of 164	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.3	95 of 107	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	5.7	51 of 53	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Idaho percentile	Rating
2023	14.4	49 of 51	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	4.6	60 of 60	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Idaho percentile	Rating
2024	21.0	51 of 56	8.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.3	15 of 17	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Idaho percentile	Rating
2023	3.8	51 of 51	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.0	55 of 60	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Idaho percentile	Rating
2024	12.6	75 of 81	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.5	28 of 29	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Hispanic (2024)9th percentile~ school

White (2024)7th percentile-3 vs school

Female (2023)4th percentile-7 vs school

Male (2023)<1st percentile-11 vs school

By subject vs Idaho (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts27%-27 vs state

Science23%-19 vs state

Math16%-27 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ISAT Math (2025)				ISAT Science (2025)		ISAT English Language Arts (2025)				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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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
South Hills Middle School	Public	6-8	1550 Harrison Street	Twin Falls	83301	Twin Falls County	Twin Falls District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 732-5160	525	33	15.7	55.2%	312 (59.4%)	7 (1.3%)	201 (38.3%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3.5	165^th of 166 public middle schools	0.6%		11.8	147^th of 164 public middle schools	10.4%	18		18.7		16.4		23.5	24.1	31.7	24.7	27.1	$8,182	$1,256	$6,926
Bridge Academy	Public	7-8	616 Eastland Drive	Twin Falls	83301	Twin Falls County	Twin Falls District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 737-5282	48	5	9.6	66.7%	28 (58.3%)	2 (4.2%)	15 (31.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.1%)	2 (4.2%)								(n/a)											$10,910	$1,115	$9,794
Vera C O'Leary Middle School	Public	6-8	2350 Elizabeth Boulevard	Twin Falls	83301	Twin Falls County	Twin Falls District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 733-2155	758	38	20.1	36.3%	641 (84.6%)	2 (0.3%)	97 (12.8%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	10 (1.3%)	60.6	53^rd of 166 public middle schools	68.1%		57.7	55^th of 164 public middle schools	66.5%	2	51.2	47.9	50.2	49.8	36.9	36.9	60.4	60.7	65.5	62.2	$7,074	$852	$6,222
Robert Stuart Middle School	Public	6-8	644 Caswell Avenue West	Twin Falls	83301	Twin Falls County	Twin Falls District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 733-4875	690	39	17.6	43.5%	508 (73.6%)	19 (2.8%)	147 (21.3%)	7 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	3 (0.4%)	22	137^th of 166 public middle schools	17.5%		22.5	131^st of 164 public middle schools	20.1%	6	33.0	31.6	36.7	33.8	29.6	29.6	36.4	41.3	50.0	42.6	$7,907	$1,207	$6,699
Kimberly Middle School	Public	6-8	525 Center Street West	Kimberly	83341	Twin Falls County	Kimberly District	No	No	(n/a)	No	(208) 423-4170	482	25	18.9	29.3%	395 (82.0%)	2 (0.4%)	76 (15.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	40.1	98^th of 166 public middle schools	41.0%		27.8	121^st of 164 public middle schools	26.2%	23	47.7			34.8		37.3	53.3	43.9	48.6	48.5	$6,268	$483	$5,785
Filer Middle School	Public	7-8	299 Highway 30	Filer	83328	Twin Falls County	Filer District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 326-5906	256	14	18.4	41.8%	210 (82.0%)	1 (0.4%)	44 (17.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48.4	81^st of 166 public middle schools	51.2%		44.2	76^th of 164 public middle schools	53.7%	5		40.3	46.7	43.5	48.4	48.4		50.8	56.6	53.7	$7,346	$1,064	$6,282
Filer Intermediate School	Public	4-6	833 6th Street West	Filer	83328	Twin Falls County	Filer District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 326-3069	345	16	21.0	45.5%	298 (86.4%)	1 (0.3%)	41 (11.9%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)	48.5			47.0		32.3	59.1			59.0	$6,839	$993	$5,846
Jerome Middle School	Public	6-8	520 10th Avenue West	Jerome	83338	Jerome County	Jerome Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 324-8134	937	53	17.7	66.0%	354 (37.8%)	3 (0.3%)	566 (60.4%)	4 (0.4%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.6%)								(n/a)		28.5		24.3		33.0		42.5		35.2	$6,551	$1,043	$5,509
Buhl Middle School	Public	6-8	525 Sawtooth Boulevard	Buhl	83316	Twin Falls County	Buhl Joint District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(208) 543-8292	298	16	18.1	54.7%	199 (66.8%)	1 (0.3%)	96 (32.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	36.9	106^th of 166 public middle schools	36.1%					(n/a)	41.8	33.3	41.7	38.9	39.6	39.6	51.1	57.6	41.7	50.0	$8,358	$1,255	$7,103

Frequently Asked Questions about South Hills Middle School

What district is South Hills Middle School in?

Twin Falls District

What is the racial makeup of South Hills Middle School?

Students at South Hills Middle School are 59% White, 38% Hispanic, 1% African American.

Is South Hills Middle School a good school?

South Hills Middle School ranks in the bottom 0.6% of Idaho middle schools.

How many students attend South Hills Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 525 students attended South Hills Middle School.

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