Transcript This Year in the Meridian Joint School Distict

Many thanks to our community’s
newest Fred Meyer, located at
Linder and Chinden Roads, for its
generous support and sponsorship
of today’s
New Teacher Orientation
This Year in
Joint School District No. 2
Student Enrollment
35,526
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16,129 elementary students
• 28 elementary schools
• 2 K-6 schools
• 1 K-8 schools
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9,013 middle school students
• 9 middle schools
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10,384 high school students
• 9 high schools
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Growth for the last 2 years had slowed to only
about 500 new students a year. This year’s
projection is 600 new students.
Elementary Schools: 28
Andrus
Chaparral
Desert Sage
Chief Joseph
Discovery
Elementary Schools
Eagle
Eagle Hills
Hunter
Joplin
Frontier
Lake Hazel
Elementary Schools
Linder
Meridian
Mary McPherson
Paramount
Gateway
Pepper Ridge
Elementary Schools
Peregrine
Prospect
Pioneer
Ponderosa
River Valley
Seven Oaks
Elementary Schools
Silver Sage
Summerwind
Spalding
Ustick
Star
K-6/8 Schools: 3
Donnell: k-6
Galileo: k-8
Siena: k6
Middle Schools: 9
Crossroads
Eagle
Lake Hazel
Heritage
Lewis and Clark
Middle Schools
Lowell Scott
Pathways
Meridian Middle
Sawtooth
High Schools: 9
Central Academy
Centennial
Eagle Academy
Eagle
Meridian Academy
High Schools
Meridian
Mountain View
Renaissance
Rocky Mountain
Ada ProfessionalTechnical High School
Courses available this fall:
•Construction
•Smart Home Technology
•Culinary Arts
•Architectural Design
•Police, Fire & Emergency Services
•Pre-Engineering
•Health Science
•Agricultural Science
•Auto Collision
•Auto Repair
Renaissance High School
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Enrollment: 672
College prep (associates degree)
IB Program
RMHS
Construction Cost: $52 Million
Capacity: 2000 students
Construction Cost: $9.9 million
Capacity: 880 students
Elementary Magnet School
Programs
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Christine Donnell School of the
Arts
Summerwind School of Math and
Science
Paramount Core Literacy Magnet
Galileo School of Math and
Science
Pioneer School of the Arts
Eagle Elementary School of the
Arts
Spalding Math and Technology
Magnet
Gateway School of Language and
Culture
Andrus Self Contained Gifted and
Talented Magnet
Siena Self Contained Gifted and
Talented Magnet
Teachers
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1767 teachers (127 fewer than
state allocation)
99% of these teachers are fully
certified and highly qualified to
teach in their subject area.
The average elementary
teacher will earn $42,468,
meaning their income ranks
45rd out of the state’s 114
school districts.
The average secondary
teacher will earn $43,287,
ranking them 54nd out of 114
districts.
Administration
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In the most recent audit of
administrative costs by the Office of
Performance Evaluation, Joint School
District No. 2 had the second lowest
administrative costs in Idaho.
This year, the district qualifies for
130 administrators, and has hired
111.
Support Staff
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950 full and part-time noncertified staff
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computer aides
special education aides
bus drivers
food service staff
custodians
school secretaries
central office staff
crossing guards, safe school
assistants, etc
Custodians clean and maintain
4,610,000 square feet of building
space and 860 acres of lawn
Food service staff prepare
3,374,768 meals, approximately
19,735 per day, plus ala carte
items and after school snacks
More than 1450 substitutes teach
47,060 days
Transportation
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Bus drivers transport 13,405
students to school on 211
buses each day
The bus fleet logs slightly less
than 3 million miles
The oldest has been in
operation since1990
The school buses cover 331
routes each day, down from a
high of 554; the number of bus
stops was reduced by more
than 1,400 over the last two
years
Mid-day kindergarten busing
will not be provided again this
year
Students
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51.5% are males.
48.5% are female.
.68% are black.
4.61% are Hispanic.
.44% are native
American.
1.12% are Asian.
Students
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9.7% receive special
education services.
4.5% qualify as gifted and
talented.
5.4% are non-English
speakers; in total they
speak 70 different
languages, including
Acholi, Kizigua, Mai-mai,
Tamil, and Urdu.
32%% qualify for free and
reduced lunch (up from a
27.26% last year and
21% the year prior to
that).
Student Achievement
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92.4% Graduation Rate
94% Proficient or Advanced on the
Reading ISAT
88% Proficient or Advance on the Math
ISAT
The district achieves these results on
$4,077 in state funding, the lowest level of
funding in the United States among school
districts with more than 10,000 students.