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Joint School District No. 2, ID: schools, enrollment and spending

Joint School District No. 2 runs 62 public schools with 38,740 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 18.4 students per teacher is about the same as the Idaho figure of 18.3.Listed in NCES data as "JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2".

At a glance

Schools: 62
Students: 38,740
Teachers (FTE): 2,100
Students per teacher: 18.4; ID: 18.3 · US: 15.3

Address: 1303 East Central Drive, Meridian, ID 83642
Phone: (208)855-4500
County: Ada County
Locale: Suburb: Large
Grades offered: PK to 12
Agency type: Regular local school district
NCES district ID: 1602100
State district ID: ID-002
Total staff (FTE): 3,673
School counselors (FTE): 109.0About 355 students per counselor.
School administrators (FTE): 107.0
Charter schools: 2

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Students per teacher compared

This district18.4

Idaho18.3

United States15.3

2020 finance data

From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (37,989), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.

Total revenue: $367.7 million
Federal revenue: $39.6 million
State revenue: $242.4 million
Local revenue: $85.8 million
Total spending: $323.9 million
Spending per pupil: $8,526
Salaries: $185.0 million57.1% of total spending.
Long-term debt (end of year): $157.5 million

Where revenue came from

Federal: 10.8%
State: 65.9%
Local: 23.3%

Idaho overall

Federal: 16.2%
State: 61.5%
Local: 22.4%

Spending per pupil compared

This district$8,526

Idaho$9,647

United States$16,826

Schools in Joint School District No. 2

By level: 15 high, 11 middle, 35 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.


Ada Professional-Technical Center	High	10 to 12	0
Barbara Morgan STEM Academy	Elementary	K to 5	438	18.2
Cecil D Andrus Elementary	Elementary	PK to 5	377	17.1
Centennial High School	High	9 to 12	1,743	20.5
Central Academy High School	High	9 to 12	136	11.3
Chaparral Elementary	Elementary	PK to 5	545	17.0
Chief Joseph School of the Arts	Elementary	PK to 5	505	15.3
Christine Donnell School of the Arts	Elementary	K to 5	464	19.3
Crossroads Middle School	Middle	6 to 8	124	8.3
Desert Sage Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	477	13.2
Discovery Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	416	18.1
Eagle Academy	High	9 to 12	160	12.3
Eagle Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	389	17.7
Eagle High School	High	9 to 12	1,765	22.9
Eagle Hills Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	363	18.1
Eagle Middle School	Middle	6 to 8	836	23.2
Eliza Hart Spalding STEM Academy	Elementary	PK to 5	610	17.9
Flyers Center	Elementary	K to 5	10	1.7
Frontier Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	263	12.0
Galileo STEM Academy	Elementary	PK to 8	796	22.1
Heritage Middle School	Middle	6 to 8	1,003	21.8
Hillsdale Elementary	Elementary	PK to 5	769	21.4
Hunter Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	460	19.2
Idaho Fine Arts Academy	High	6 to 12	260	16.2
Joplin Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	241	16.1
Lake Hazel Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	328	14.3
Lake Hazel Middle School	Middle	6 to 8	986	19.0
Lewis & Clark Middle School	Middle	6 to 8	898	21.4
Lowell Scott Middle School	Middle	6 to 8	773	21.5
Mary McPherson Elementary	Elementary	PK to 5	494	19.0
McMillan Elementary	Elementary	PK to 5	241	12.7
Meridian Academy	High	9 to 12	182	15.2
Meridian Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	468	15.6
Meridian High School	High	9 to 12	1,774	18.9
Meridian Medical Arts CharterCharter	High	9 to 12	191	13.6
Meridian Middle School	Middle	6 to 8	960	17.8
Meridian Technical Charter High SchoolCharter	High	9 to 12	206	14.7
Mountain View High School	High	9 to 12	2,463	21.8
Owyhee High School	High	9 to 12	1,884	22.7
Paramount Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	460	18.4
Pathways Middle School	Middle	6 to 8	122	8.7
Pepper Ridge Elementary	Elementary	PK to 5	472	18.2
Peregrine Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	483	15.6
Pioneer School of the Arts	Elementary	PK to 5	658	19.4
Pleasant View Elementary	Elementary	PK to 5	747	22.0
Ponderosa Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	411	18.7
Prospect Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	456	19.8
Rebound School of Opportunity	High	6 to 12	184	26.3
Renaissance High School	High	9 to 12	662	15.4
River Valley Elementary School	Elementary	PK to 5	468	15.1

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.