GEM PREP: MERIDIAN
MERIDIAN · ID · GEM PREP: MERIDIAN LLC · Public charter · K-12 combined
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PATHWAYS IN EDUCATION - WEST ADA → IDAHO TECHNICAL CAREER ACADEMY → INITIAL POINT HIGH SCHOOL → IDAHO FINE ARTS ACADEMY → GEM PREP: NAMPA → CENTRAL ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL → CARDINAL ACADEMY → EMPOWER CONNECTIONS ACADEMY →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How GEM PREP: MERIDIAN compares for families
What families should know about GEM PREP: MERIDIAN.
- ▸ LocallyID students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: PATHWAYS IN EDUCATION - WEST ADA, IDAHO TECHNICAL CAREER ACADEMY, INITIAL POINT HIGH SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Targeted Assistance eligible
35-39% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Targeted Assistance
35-39% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The school can receive Title I funds targeted to identified students (not schoolwide).
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Idaho
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $14,831/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +1.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 506 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $9,873 per student in district revenue, the 33 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $325,809/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PATHWAYS IN EDUCATION - WEST ADA MERIDIAN |
Public · charter | 4.9 | 79 | — |
| IDAHO TECHNICAL CAREER ACADEMY MERIDIAN |
Public · charter | 0.3 | 137 | -27.1% |
| INITIAL POINT HIGH SCHOOL KUNA |
Public | 7.3 | 104 | +5.1% |
| IDAHO FINE ARTS ACADEMY MERIDIAN |
Public | 1.2 | 154 | +24.2% |
| GEM PREP: NAMPA NAMPA |
Public · charter | 11.1 | 80 | — |
| CENTRAL ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL MERIDIAN |
Public | 4.9 | 136 | -15.0% |
| CARDINAL ACADEMY BOISE |
Public · charter | 3.3 | 53 | — |
| EMPOWER CONNECTIONS ACADEMY BOISE |
Public · charter | 3.1 | 163 | +38.1% |