District profile / Idaho

Joint School District No. 2

Meridian, Idaho · Public school district · #1 of 51 Idaho districts by enrollment

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38,740

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$7,846

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 9% below the Idaho median

18.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Idaho median 17.6

Joint School District No. 2 is a public school district based in Meridian, Idaho, serving 38,740 students in 62 schools. By enrollment it ranks #1 of the 51 Idaho districts with 1,000 or more students, making it the largest in the state. Its schools average 625 students each, more than the Idaho median of 384. It spends about $7,846 per student on day-to-day operations, 9% less than the Idaho median. It has roughly 18.4 students per teacher.

How Joint School District No. 2 compares

Joint School District No. 2Idaho median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$7,846

Idaho median $8,595 · 9% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$5,000

Idaho median $5,173 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school625

Idaho median 384 · 63% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher18.4

Idaho median 17.6 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor355

Idaho median 396 · 10% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$367.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 11%State 66%Local 23%

Measure	Joint School District No. 2	Idaho median	Year
Current spending per student	$7,846	$8,595	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,000	$5,173	FY2020-21
Total spending	$323.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$367.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	2,100	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	3,673	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	18.4	17.6	2024-25
Students per counselor	355	396	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Idaho median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Idaho

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Joint School District No. 2Meridian · this district	38,740	62	$7,846	18.4	#1
Boise Independent DistrictBoise	22,134	52	$11,068	15.7	#2
Bonneville Joint DistrictIdaho Falls	13,577	26	$8,010	19.6	#3
Nampa School DistrictNampa	12,689	22	$8,595	17.5	#4
Pocatello DistrictPocatello	11,448	24	$8,317	18.3	#5

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Clay CountyGreen Cove Springs, FL	39,122	$9,098	15.0
Aurora Public SchoolsAurora, CO	38,702	$14,853	16.6
Alief ISDHouston, TX	38,610	$11,913	13.6
Anoka-Hennepin School DistrictAnoka, MN	38,354	$13,430	15.1

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-id-joint-school-district-no-2