This Year in Joint School District No. 2

Student Enrollment 35,526

16,129 elementary students• 28 elementary schools• 2 K-6 schools• 1 K-8 schools

9,013 middle school students• 9 middle schools

10,384 high school students• 9 high schools

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

Chief Joseph

Desert Sage Discovery

Elementary Schools

Eagle Eagle Hills Frontier

Hunter Joplin Lake Hazel

Elementary Schools

Linder Mary McPherson Gateway

Meridian Paramount Pepper Ridge

Elementary Schools

Peregrine Pioneer Ponderosa

Prospect River Valley Seven Oaks

Elementary Schools

Silver Sage Spalding Star

Summerwind Ustick

K-6/8 Schools: 3

Galileo: k-8 Donnell: k-6

Siena: k-6

Middle Schools: 9

Eagle

Lake Hazel

Lewis and ClarkHeritage

Crossroads

Middle Schools

Lowell Scott Meridian Middle

Pathways Sawtooth

High Schools: 9

Centennial Central Academy

Eagle Academy

Eagle Meridian Academy

High Schools

Meridian Mountain View

Rocky MountainRenaissance

Ada Professional- Technical 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 Enrollment: 672 College prep (associates degree) IB Program

Construction Cost: $9.9 millionCapacity: 880 studentsRMHS

Construction Cost: $52 MillionCapacity: 2000 students

Elementary Magnet School Programs

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 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

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 950 full and part-time non-

certified staff• 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 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 51.5% are males. 48.5% are female. .68% are black. 4.61% are

Hispanic. .44% are native

American. 1.12% are Asian.

Students

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

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.

This year in Joint School District No. 2