Meridian Middle School
1507 West Eighth St Meridian ID, 83642, Ada County Phone: 208-855-4225 Ranking:  (360 out of 489, bottom 26%)*Type: Regular Middle School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8 School District: Meridian Joint School District 2 Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA Magnet: NA Charter: NA Shared-Time School: NA |
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 53 | 51 | 53 | 60 | 57 | 59 | 63 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,032 | 1,018 | 1,075 | 1,006 | 1,050 | 1,057 | 1,130 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 366 | 35.5% | 356 | 35.0% | 388 | 36.1% | 345 | 34.3% | 361 | 34.4% | 347 | 32.8% | 408 | 36.1% |
| Grade 7: | 317 | 30.7% | 343 | 33.7% | 338 | 31.4% | 342 | 34.0% | 324 | 30.9% | 378 | 35.8% | 349 | 30.9% |
| Grade 8: | 349 | 33.8% | 319 | 31.3% | 349 | 32.5% | 319 | 31.7% | 365 | 34.8% | 332 | 31.4% | 373 | 33.0% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 527 | 51.1% | 534 | 52.5% | 570 | 53.0% | 512 | 50.9% | 526 | 50.1% | 503 | 47.6% | 556 | 49.2% |
| Female: | 505 | 48.9% | 484 | 47.5% | 505 | 47.0% | 494 | 49.1% | 516 | 49.1% | 546 | 51.7% | 570 | 50.4% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 5 | 0.5% | 3 | 0.3% | 7 | 0.7% | 8 | 0.8% | 14 | 1.3% | 14 | 1.3% | 16 | 1.4% |
| Asian: | 21 | 2.0% | 19 | 1.9% | 13 | 1.2% | 13 | 1.3% | 20 | 1.9% | 22 | 2.1% | 25 | 2.2% |
| Hispanic: | 165 | 16.0% | 145 | 14.2% | 144 | 13.4% | 138 | 13.7% | 142 | 13.5% | 100 | 9.5% | 85 | 7.5% |
| Black: | 15 | 1.5% | 7 | 0.7% | 12 | 1.1% | 10 | 1.0% | 12 | 1.1% | 17 | 1.6% | 16 | 1.4% |
| White: | 791 | 76.6% | 816 | 80.2% | 869 | 80.8% | 804 | 79.9% | 862 | 82.1% | 904 | 85.5% | 988 | 87.4% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 4 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 31 | 3.0% | 25 | 2.5% | 26 | 2.4% | 29 | 2.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 420 | 40.7% | 444 | 43.6% | 451 | 42.0% | 403 | 40.1% | 386 | 36.8% | 307 | 29.0% | 228 | 20.2% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 90 | 8.7% | 86 | 8.4% | 105 | 9.8% | 82 | 8.2% | 113 | 10.8% | 97 | 9.2% | 130 | 11.5% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 19.29 | 19.88 | 20.40 | 16.91 | 18.36 | 17.90 | 17.90 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ISAT | ||||||
| 2008 | Language Usage | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.6% | 74.9% | 71.7% |
| 2009 | Language Usage | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.6% | 75% | 73.7% |
| 2010 | Language Usage | 6th Grade | % met std | 73.1% | 78.2% | 75.1% |
| 2011 | Language Usage | 6th Grade | % met std | 72.4% | 78% | 75.4% |
| 2012 | Language Usage | 6th Grade | % met std | 62.8% | 78% | 76.5% |
| 2013 | Language Usage | 6th Grade | % met std | 65.1% | 75.7% | 73.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 75.7% | 78.2% | 77.1% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 73% | 79.7% | 78.2% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.9% | 78% | 79.2% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.2% | 76.7% | 77.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 60% | 77.3% | 79% |
| 2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 61.3% | 76.8% | 77.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.5% | 84.2% | 81.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 83% | 87.4% | 85.7% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.7% | 87% | 85.8% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 89.3% | 88.4% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.7% | 90.2% | 89.5% |
| 2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.9% | 87.4% | 86.7% |
| 2008 | Language Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.1% | 74.1% | 69% |
| 2009 | Language Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.9% | 76.5% | 71.3% |
| 2010 | Language Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.1% | 77.2% | 73.5% |
| 2011 | Language Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.1% | 79.2% | 73.5% |
| 2012 | Language Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.1% | 78.6% | 74.2% |
| 2013 | Language Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 76.3% | 74.6% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 77% | 74.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 72.3% | 80.3% | 75.2% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.2% | 77.2% | 75.3% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.8% | 76.9% | 74.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.4% | 76.3% | 75.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.9% | 77.8% | 77% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 85% | 84.1% | 80.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.2% | 88.7% | 85.3% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 89.9% | 87.4% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.1% | 90.9% | 87.7% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.1% | 93% | 90.8% |
| 2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.9% | 90.2% | 88.3% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.5% | 59.7% | 51% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.4% | 63.2% | 55.8% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 49.9% | 62.9% | 53.7% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 69% | 57.2% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.6% | 68.3% | 59.4% |
| 2013 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 59.2% | 66.9% | 56.8% |
| 2008 | Language Usage | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.9% | 72.7% | 66.6% |
| 2009 | Language Usage | 8th Grade | % met std | 74.2% | 76.1% | 71.5% |
| 2010 | Language Usage | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.8% | 74.8% | 71.8% |
| 2011 | Language Usage | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.3% | 74% | 71.2% |
| 2012 | Language Usage | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.1% | 75.3% | 72.8% |
| 2013 | Language Usage | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.4% | 77.7% | 74.8% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 84.4% | 84.7% | 78.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 80% | 82.3% | 78.4% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 81.7% | 83.7% | 79.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 82.2% | 79.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.8% | 81.1% | 78.8% |
| 2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.4% | 82% | 79.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 90.9% | 88.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.1% | 92.5% | 91.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.5% | 93% | 91.3% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 94.2% | 92.6% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.6% | 93.5% | 92.3% |
| 2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 94.5% | 93.8% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
| 2007 | |
| Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 75.0% |
| Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | 25.0% |
| Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 15.0 years |
| Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 15.0% |
| Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 85.0% |
| Mean Base Salary: | $46,572.0 |
| Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $32,416.0 |
| Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $49,070.0 |
* Meridian Middle School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.