Best Middle Schools in Idaho for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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Every year, the Idaho Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Idaho test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the ISAT test scores by the Idaho Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, August 22, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 37)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
160210001104	1	Star Middle School	Public	6-8	2211 North Pollard Lane	Star	83669	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 350-4471	895	40	22.2	13.6%	724 (80.9%)	9 (1.0%)	106 (11.8%)	9 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.6%)	41 (4.6%)	$7,417			$609			$6,808	97.3%	89.6%	7.66%
160017701073	2	Gem Prep: Pocatello School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4145 Yellowstone Avenue	Deary	83203	Bingham County	Gem Prep: Pocatello LLC	Yes	No	No	Yes	(208) 238-1388	456	23	19.4		323 (70.8%)	1 (0.2%)	67 (14.7%)	10 (2.2%)	9 (2.0%)	8 (1.8%)	38 (8.3%)	$6,513			$972			$5,540	94.6%	79.3%	15.33%
160210000319	3	Eagle Middle School	Public	6-8	1000 West Floating Feather	Eagle	83616	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 939-2216	854	39	21.8	12.6%	698 (81.7%)	8 (0.9%)	91 (10.7%)	12 (1.4%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	38 (4.4%)	$6,822			$609			$6,213	91.9%	93.3%	1.40%
160210000819	4	Sawtooth Middle School	Public	6-8	3730 North Linder Road	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 855-4200	892	41	21.9	13.5%	745 (83.5%)	7 (0.8%)	93 (10.4%)	9 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	36 (4.0%)	$6,444			$609			$5,835	89.2%	84.8%	4.43%
160014000949	5	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	86.5%	72.0%	14.54%
160210000958	6	Heritage Middle School	Public, Magnet	6-8	4990 North Meridian Road	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	Yes	No	No	(208) 350-4130	1,062	51	20.9	10.8%	866 (81.5%)	12 (1.1%)	109 (10.3%)	21 (2.0%)	6 (0.6%)	5 (0.5%)	43 (4.0%)	$6,356			$609			$5,747	83.8%	90.2%	6.46%
160264000469	7	Franklin Middle School	Public	6-8	2271 East Terry Street	Pocatello	83201	Bannock County	Pocatello District	No	No	No	No	(208) 233-5590	742	35	21.3	28.8%	602 (81.1%)	9 (1.2%)	76 (10.2%)	12 (1.6%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	37 (5.0%)	$6,818			$865			$5,953	81.1%	83.5%	2.46%
160210001084	8	Victory Middle School	Public	6-8	920 West Kodiak Drive	Meridian	83642	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 350-4443	1,048	44	23.9	14.2%	825 (78.7%)	13 (1.2%)	110 (10.5%)	31 (3.0%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.4%)	62 (5.9%)	$6,561			$609			$5,952	78.4%	91.5%	13.09%
160210000367	9	Lowell Scott Middle School	Public	6-8	13600 West McMillan Road	Boise	83713	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 350-4060	802	42	19.2	24.4%	619 (77.2%)	21 (2.6%)	80 (10.0%)	29 (3.6%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (6.0%)	$7,081			$609			$6,472	75.7%	84.1%	8.47%
160157001131	10	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%)								73.0%	75.0%	2.03%

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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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