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JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2

Meridian, Idaho · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

38,740
Students enrolled
62
Public schools
2,100
Classroom teachers (FTE)
18.4:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 382
  • Kindergarten 2,204
  • Grade 1 2,420
  • Grade 2 2,476
  • Grade 3 2,819
  • Grade 4 2,748
  • Grade 5 2,878
  • Grade 6 2,831
  • Grade 7 2,933
  • Grade 8 3,183
  • Grade 9 3,322
  • Grade 10 3,442
  • Grade 11 3,537
  • Grade 12 3,565

By race/ethnicity

  • White 75%
  • Hispanic/Latino 14%
  • Two or more races 5%
  • Asian 3%
  • Black or African American 2%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

28% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 10,648 of 38,040 students in the 59 of its 61 schools that report
  • Free lunch 22%
  • Reduced-price lunch 6%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$9,614 spent per student on day-to-day operations Idaho median: $11,657 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $5,691
  • Support services $3,568
  • Other (food service, etc.) $355

Where the money comes from

  • Local 19%
  • State 73%
  • Federal 8%

Total revenue $450.1 milliontotal spending $396.3 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: LargeStudents: 74% suburb, 16% city, 9% rural, 2% town

Total staff (FTE)

3,673

District office

1303 EAST CENTRAL DRIVE, Meridian ID 83642

County

Ada County

Official website

NCES District ID

1602100

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About JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2

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