Schools · Meridian
Meridian, ID schools
Meridian’s public schools score well above Idaho’s averages: 67% of students are proficient in reading against 53.9% statewide, and 87% of high schoolers graduate on time against 82%. Kids attend one of 16 schools through grade 12, then one of 7 high schools and one of 7 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
A−
Meridian’s School Grade: A-
The public schools Meridian’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 78% of Idaho’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
ATest scoresB-Graduation
Idaho school districts we grade (165)Better than 78%
Lower resultsHigher results
Idaho towns with similar household incomes (67)Better than 81%
High confidence. Built on 20,160 tested students and a graduating class of 2,970; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Idaho’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Idaho only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Idaho with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Meridian kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Meridian Joint School District 2)67%
State average 53.9%
Math (grades PK–12, Meridian Joint School District 2)53%
State average 39.6%
Graduation · class of 2020
87% graduate on time
Graduation rate
87%
ID: 82%
Graduating class
2,970
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #30 of 59 ID towns →
Districts
The district serving Meridian
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 51 schools in Meridian
Showing 1–30 of 51 schools
HILLSDALE ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 769 students
APublicPLEASANT VIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 747 students
APublicSIENA ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 565 students
A+PublicCHAPARRAL ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 545 students
APublicCHIEF JOSEPH SCHOOL OF THE ARTSElementary · Grades PK–5 · 505 students
APublicWILLOW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 503 students
APublicPEREGRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 483 students
B+PublicMERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 468 students
C+PublicRIVER VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 468 students
B+PublicHUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 460 students
APublicPARAMOUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 460 students
A+PublicPROSPECT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 456 students
A-PublicBARBARA MORGAN STEM ACADEMYElementary · Grades K–5 · 438 students
A+PublicDISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 416 students
A+PublicPONDEROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 411 students
B+PublicDORAL ACADEMY OF IDAHOElementary · Grades K–8 · 331 students
B+CharterVICTORY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,075 students
APublicHERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,003 students
A+PublicMERIDIAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 960 students
BPublicLEWIS & CLARK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 898 students
B+PublicSAWTOOTH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 829 students
APublicCROSSROADS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 124 students
D-PublicPATHWAYS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 122 students
DPublicMOUNTAIN VIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,463 students
A-PublicOWYHEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,884 students
PublicROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,848 students
A-PublicMERIDIAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,774 students
C+PublicRENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · Grades 9–12 · 662 students
A+PublicINSIGHT SCHOOL OF IDAHOHigh · Grades 9–12 · 262 students
DCharterIDAHO FINE ARTS ACADEMYHigh · Grades 6–12 · 260 students
A+PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.