Best Middle Schools in Idaho

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 164)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
160157001131	41	Farnsworth Middle School	Public	6-8	305 North 3700 East	Rigby	83442	Jefferson County	Jefferson County Joint District	No	No	No	Yes	(208) 745-8347	635	35	18.1	28.2%	560 (88.2%)	2 (0.3%)	61 (9.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.6%)								68.6	70.9	21	20
160186000328	42	Sacajawea Middle School	Public	6-8	3610 12th Street	Lewiston	83501	Nez Perce County	Lewiston Independent District	No	No	No	No	(208) 748-3400	524	36	14.5	22.5%	458 (87.4%)	2 (0.4%)	22 (4.2%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (6.1%)	$10,199			$965			$9,235	68.5	74.6	18	24
160024000017	43	Bear Lake Middle School	Public	6-8	633 Washington Street	Montpelier	83254	Bear Lake County	Bear Lake County District	No	No	No	Yes	(208) 847-2255	289	16	17.8	38.4%	275 (95.2%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	$9,276			$873			$8,403	67.9	59.7	33	10
160016201044	44	American Heritage Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1736 South 35th West	Idaho Falls	83402	Bonneville County	American Heritage Charter School Inc.	Yes	No	No	Yes	(208) 529-6570	488	25	19.6	23.2%	446 (91.4%)	3 (0.6%)	29 (5.9%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	$7,414			$1,166			$6,248	67.3			(n/a)
160042000029	45	Boundary County Middle School	Public	6-8	6577 Main Street #100	Bonners Ferry	83805	Boundary County	Boundary County District	No	No	No	No	(208) 267-5852	361	19	18.5	41.0%	313 (86.7%)	2 (0.6%)	22 (6.1%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.6%)	$9,688			$1,129			$8,559	66.3	62.9	29	16
160014000949	46	Xavier Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1218 North College Road West	Twin Falls	83301	Twin Falls County	Xavier Charter School Inc.	Yes	No	No	Yes	(208) 734-3947	672	33	20.3	25.6%	501 (74.6%)	2 (0.3%)	126 (18.8%)	24 (3.6%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	15 (2.2%)	$5,824			$557			$5,266	65.8			(n/a)
160171001147	47	Rise Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	4-10	203 Center Street West	Kimberly	83341	Twin Falls County	Kimberly District	Yes	No	No	No	(208) 423-4170	134	9	14.6	35.8%	115 (85.8%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (12.7%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)								64.9	39.2	61	14
160157001061	48	Rigby Middle School	Public	6-8	290 N 3800 E	Rigby	83442	Jefferson County	Jefferson County Joint District	No	No	No	Yes	(208) 745-7704	935	56	16.7	26.2%	822 (87.9%)	5 (0.5%)	81 (8.7%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	21 (2.2%)	$6,249			$652			$5,597	63.8	66.2	26	22
160000100085	49	Priest River Junior High School	Public	7-8	1020 West Albeni Highway	Priest River	83856	Bonner County	West Bonner County District	No	No	No	No	(208) 448-1118	184	11	16.9	41.8%	176 (95.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	$12,279			$1,400			$10,879	63.6	52.2	41	8
160210000795	50	Lewis & Clark Middle School	Public, Magnet	6-8	4141 East Pine Street	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	Yes	No	No	(208) 350-4270	882	45	19.7	31.5%	629 (71.3%)	35 (4.0%)	150 (17.0%)	32 (3.6%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	32 (3.6%)	$6,819			$655			$6,164	60.4	70.7	22	28

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on ISAT Math, ISAT Science, ISAT English Language Arts test scores released by the Idaho Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 22, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Idaho Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Idaho Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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