Best Public Schools in Zip Code 83646

Summary:

The 83646 zip code area of Meridian, Idaho is home to 14 schools that serve students from elementary through high school, all part of the Joint School District No. 2. This data set highlights the significant performance differences between the top-performing and lower-performing schools in the area, suggesting families have access to a wide range of educational options with vastly different outcomes for students.

Among the standout schools are Paramount Elementary School, ranked 2nd out of 301 elementary schools in Idaho with exceptional test scores, and the charter high schools Meridian Technical Charter High School and Meridian Medical Arts Charter, which are ranked 2nd and 3rd out of 110 high schools in the state. Heritage Middle School also stands out, ranking 5th out of 107 middle schools with strong test scores.

The data reveals a correlation between schools with higher free/reduced lunch rates and lower test scores, suggesting socioeconomic factors play a significant role in student achievement. Graduation rates vary widely, from 67.3% at Central Academy High School to 97.6% at Meridian Medical Arts Charter. Overall, the schools in the 83646 zip code area offer a diverse range of educational experiences and outcomes, providing valuable insights for parents, policymakers, and educators seeking to improve educational opportunities in the region.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				ISAT Math (2024)							ISAT Science (2024)	ISAT English Language Arts (2024)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISAT Math 3rd Grade	ISAT Math 4th Grade	ISAT Math 5th Grade	ISAT Math 6th Grade	ISAT Math 7th Grade	ISAT Math 8th Grade	ISAT Math All Grades	ISAT Science All Grades	ISAT English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ISAT English Language Arts 4th Grade	ISAT English Language Arts 5th Grade	ISAT English Language Arts 6th Grade	ISAT English Language Arts 7th Grade	ISAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	ISAT English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Barbara Morgan Stem Academy	Public, Magnet	K-5	1825 Chateau Drive	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	Yes	No	No	(208) 855-4430	434	24	18.0	23.3%	319 (73.5%)	7 (1.6%)	79 (18.2%)	7 (1.6%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.4%)	84.3	46^th of 301 public elementary schools	84.7%		89.5	29^th of 252 public elementary schools	88.5%	17	77.5	55.4	65.8				65.7	67.1	76.4	64.7	67.1				69.2	$6,669	$609	$6,060
Chief Joseph School Of The Arts	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1100 East Chateau	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	Yes	No	Yes	(208) 350-4200	504	34	15.0	45.0%	290 (57.5%)	10 (2.0%)	164 (32.5%)	13 (2.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.0%)	80.9	58^th of 301 public elementary schools	80.7%		87.4	32^nd of 252 public elementary schools	87.3%	26	67.1	67.7	63.3				66.1	48.8	71.8	59.4	71.3				66.8	$7,649	$1,034	$6,615
Meridian Technical Charter High School	Public, Charter	9-12	3800 North Locust Grove Road	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	Yes	No	No	No	(208) 288-5685	193	13	14.8	13.0%	156 (80.8%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (11.9%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.7%)								(n/a)							76.2	81.0							83.3	$11,232	$00	$11,232
Ponderosa Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2950 North Naomi	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 855-4040	433	23	19.2	34.6%	311 (71.8%)	9 (2.1%)	82 (18.9%)	8 (1.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.8%)	54.5	130^th of 301 public elementary schools	56.8%		65.1	81^st of 252 public elementary schools	67.9%	49	54.2	50.7	41.0				48.4	45.0	53.6	53.0	57.9				55.1	$6,095	$609	$5,486
River Valley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2900 East River Valley Street	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 884-1741	475	27	17.5	44.8%	305 (64.2%)	4 (0.8%)	116 (24.4%)	14 (2.9%)	3 (0.6%)	5 (1.1%)	28 (5.9%)	52.2	140^th of 301 public elementary schools	53.5%		65.9	79^th of 252 public elementary schools	68.7%	61	51.4	51.7	48.9				50.6	40.7	52.1	48.3	55.4				51.9	$6,929	$609	$6,320
Discovery Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2100 East Leigh Field Drive	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 855-4090	477	25	19.1	20.3%	362 (75.9%)	7 (1.5%)	60 (12.6%)	22 (4.6%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	20 (4.2%)	93.2	15^th of 301 public elementary schools	95.0%		91.4	24^th of 252 public elementary schools	90.5%	9	84.2	73.3	67.7				74.6	68.9	82.8	74.4	75.6				77.3	$7,320	$609	$6,711
Meridian Medical Arts Charter	Public, Charter	9-12	1789 East Heritage Park Lane	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	Yes	No	No	No	(208) 855-4075	185	15	12.6	1.6%	139 (75.1%)	3 (1.6%)	28 (15.1%)	8 (4.3%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.1%)	4 (2.2%)								(n/a)							79.5	84.1								$11,226	$00	$11,226
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	814	39	20.6	15.6%	685 (84.2%)	4 (0.5%)	80 (9.8%)	9 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (4.3%)	81.7	25^th of 164 public middle schools	84.8%		80.3	14^th of 107 public middle schools	86.9%	11				64.7	63.7	60.0	62.8	53.5				68.0	72.3	61.3	67.1	$6,444	$609	$5,835
Hunter Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2051 West McMillan Road	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 855-4285	478	25	19.2	13.0%	385 (80.5%)	2 (0.4%)	58 (12.1%)	8 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.0%)	91.7	22^nd of 301 public elementary schools	92.7%		93.1	16^th of 252 public elementary schools	93.7%	6	80.0	71.1	80.2				77.0	61.3	71.3	68.0	83.2				74.6	$6,295	$609	$5,686
Prospect Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4300 North Red Horse Way	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 350-4000	496	28	17.9	17.1%	372 (75.0%)	8 (1.6%)	62 (12.5%)	23 (4.6%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	25 (5.0%)	93.9	9^th of 301 public elementary schools	97.0%		94.6	7^th of 252 public elementary schools	97.2%	2		83.1					75.4	66.0	68.2	85.0	81.2				78.4	$6,599	$609	$5,990
Central Academy High School	Public	9-12	6075 North Locus Grove Road	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 855-4325	147	13	11.5	19.0%	125 (85.0%)	3 (2.0%)	13 (8.8%)	2 (1.4%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)								(n/a)																$10,731	$713	$10,018
Pathways Middle School	Public	6-8	1870 East Heritage Park Lane	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	Yes	(208) 350-4040	128	15	8.8	36.7%	105 (82.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (10.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.1%)	1 (0.8%)	4 (3.1%)	44.5	74^th of 164 public middle schools	54.9%		43.9	56^th of 107 public middle schools	47.7%	18				34.2	31.3	44.7	36.9						63.2		60.3	$10,779	$837	$9,943
Paramount Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	550 West Producer Drive	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 350-4120	482	26	18.6	14.3%	362 (75.1%)	5 (1.0%)	66 (13.7%)	12 (2.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.3%)	97.8	2^nd of 301 public elementary schools	99.3%		98.3	1^st of 252 public elementary schools	99.6%	1	86.9	83.3	85.8				85.4	76.8	86.4	84.4	85.7				85.5	$6,756	$609	$6,147
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	1,035	46	22.3	14.2%	829 (80.1%)	14 (1.4%)	115 (11.1%)	20 (1.9%)	5 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	50 (4.8%)	88.5	16^th of 164 public middle schools	90.2%		91.6	5^th of 107 public middle schools	95.3%	11				66.3	59.8	60.1	62.0	65.1				76.6	75.8	73.2	75.2	$6,356	$609	$5,747
Rocky Mountain High School	Public	9-12	5450 North Linder Road	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 350-4340	1,911	85	22.4	11.3%	1,551 (81.2%)	19 (1.0%)	206 (10.8%)	32 (1.7%)	5 (0.3%)	7 (0.4%)	91 (4.8%)	78.2	27^th of 159 public high schools	83.0%		83.2	14^th of 106 public high schools	86.8%	13							49.3	55.9							71.2	$6,471	$609	$5,861
Willow Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6195 North Long Lake Way	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 350-4410	533	29	18.2	18.6%	421 (79.0%)	3 (0.6%)	73 (13.7%)	10 (1.9%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (4.3%)	83.9	48^th of 301 public elementary schools	84.1%		92.5	19^th of 252 public elementary schools	92.5%	29	65.8	65.7	59.2				63.4	58.2	71.9	67.3	73.4				70.8	$6,607	$609	$5,998
Pleasant View Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4600 West Gondola Drive	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 332-6800	656	33	19.8	14.3%	506 (77.1%)	11 (1.7%)	83 (12.7%)	8 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.8%)	41 (6.3%)	85.7	41^st of 301 public elementary schools	86.4%		92.9	17^th of 252 public elementary schools	93.3%	24	64.6	70.9	69.1				68.1	67.4	57.5	70.9	78.7				68.4
Owyhee High School	Public	9-12	3650 North Owyhee Storm Avenue	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Joint School District No. 2	No	No	No	No	(208) 855-4500	1,812	83	21.9	11.2%	1,487 (82.1%)	17 (0.9%)	205 (11.3%)	13 (0.7%)	7 (0.4%)	8 (0.4%)	75 (4.1%)	76.7	29^th of 159 public high schools	81.8%		75.8	21^st of 106 public high schools	80.2%	8							42.8	61.4							74.2
Gem Prep: Meridian North	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-10	5390 North McDermott Road	Meridian	83646	Ada County	Gem Prep: Meridian North LLC	Yes	No	No	Yes	(208) 917-9150	475	23	20.6		356 (74.9%)	5 (1.1%)	83 (17.5%)	5 (1.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.1%)								(n/a)	75.0		59.2				64.6	47.3	65.4		63.3	76.6	87.0		74.5

Cities Near Zip Code 83646

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Meridian	0.33 mi	49	14^th
Boise	3.15 mi	84	41^st
Nampa	5.5 mi	42	62^nd
Eagle	6.26 mi	9	6^th
Kuna	7.29 mi	11	50^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Idaho Department of Education.

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