I was going to say the same thing, it is probably important to research the middle schools that these elementary schools feed into since very shortly you will have middle schoolers.
I have had children at Roosevelt, and I have friends with children at Roosevelt, Riverside and Highlands. I think one of the things that these schools have in common is a high parental involvement which is very helpful in making up for some of the short comings of the public school system. At Roosevelt the PTA raised funds to hire an art teacher after those funds were cut throught the school district. Highlands has a similar group of highly involved parents.
Also, the Boise school district has gifted and highly gifted programs. If it is a possibility that your children will be involved in one of these programs that is something else to consider. I think Highlands and Roosevelt have full time programs within the school and Washington houses the full time highly gifted program. The program is called the GATE program and you can find out more information on the Boise school District website.
If I was having the opportunity to choose Boise vs Meridian school districts, I would choose Boise. Since the majority of our growth is happening to the west of Boise, those school districts are much more stressed than the bOise school district. I believe there has actually been a decline in enrollment in the Boise School Districts as more and more families locate to Meridian, Eagle, etc. I also think that a housing purchasing within Boise proper will be a much sounder investment.
That said our kids attend Riverstone International School.
Home Page RiverStone School. A very very good school.