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)
160252000440	111	Orofino High School	Public	7-12	300 Dunlap Road	Orofino	83544	Clearwater County	Orofino Joint District	No	No	No	No	(208) 476-5557	372	23	16.1	25.0%	335 (90.1%)	2 (0.5%)	19 (5.1%)	2 (0.5%)	8 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	$14,935			$2,066			$12,869	31.9	17.3	89	22
160069000137	112	Castleford School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	500 Main Street	Castleford	83321	Twin Falls County	Castleford District	No	No	No	Yes	(208) 537-6511	306	21	14.5	66.3%	192 (62.7%)	0 (0.0%)	111 (36.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,860			$1,304			$8,556	31.8			(n/a)
160177000306	113	Kuna Middle School	Public	6-8	1360 West Boise Street	Kuna	83634	Ada County	Kuna Joint District	No	No	No	No	(208) 922-1002	767	46	16.5	30.9%	577 (75.2%)	12 (1.6%)	149 (19.4%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	24 (3.1%)	$6,934			$851			$6,082	31.8	10.6	101	12
160234000419	114	South Middle School	Public	6-8	229 West Greenhurst Road	Nampa	83686	Canyon County	Nampa School District	No	No	No	No	(208) 468-4740	675	39	17.2	41.3%	416 (61.6%)	5 (0.7%)	225 (33.3%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	20 (3.0%)	$7,113			$1,016			$6,097	30.9	17.5	88	26
160093000651	115	Sandcreek Middle School	Public	7-8	2955 Owen Street	Idaho Falls	83406	Bonneville County	Bonneville Joint District	No	No	No	No	(208) 525-4416	577	29	20.1	27.4%	479 (83.0%)	4 (0.7%)	69 (12.0%)	4 (0.7%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	15 (2.6%)	$7,206			$818			$6,388	30.8	34	66	49
160036000051	116	Fairmont Junior High School	Public	7-9	2121 North Cole Road	Boise	83704	Ada County	Boise Independent District	No	No	No	No	(208) 854-4790	677	47	14.4	40.6%	388 (57.3%)	51 (7.5%)	183 (27.0%)	23 (3.4%)	5 (0.7%)	3 (0.4%)	24 (3.5%)	$10,023			$750			$9,273	30.7	20.3	83	33
160030000493	117	Wood River Middle School	Public	6-8	900 2nd Avenue North	Hailey	83333	Blaine County	Blaine County District	No	No	No	No	(208) 578-5030	568	47	12	31.7%	260 (45.8%)	3 (0.5%)	283 (49.8%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.2%)	$15,327			$824			$14,502	29.5	41.2	60	57
160126000222	118	Gooding Middle School	Public	6-8	1047 7th Avenue West	Gooding	83330	Gooding County	Gooding Joint District	No	No	No	Yes	(208) 934-8443	323	18	18.2	58.2%	191 (59.1%)	1 (0.3%)	121 (37.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.5%)	$8,827			$1,585			$7,242	28.7			(n/a)
160114000213	119	Fruitland Middle School	Public	5-8	800 South Pennsylvania Avenue	Fruitland	83619	Payette County	Fruitland District	No	No	No	Yes	(208) 452-3350	510	24	21.2	39.0%	317 (62.2%)	1 (0.2%)	162 (31.8%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.7%)	$6,768			$704			$6,065	28.6			(n/a)
160291000723	120	Donald J Hobbs Middle School	Public	7-8	350 East Pine Street	Shelley	83274	Bingham County	Shelley Joint District	No	No	No	Yes	(208) 357-7667	402	22	18.4	29.1%	338 (84.1%)	3 (0.7%)	54 (13.4%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	$6,737			$799			$5,938	28.5	33.6	67	53

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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.

Educational resources:

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