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 → NAMPA ACADEMY → IDAHO FINE ARTS ACADEMY → GEM PREP: NAMPA → CENTRAL ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL → CARDINAL 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, 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.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 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.
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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% |
| NAMPA ACADEMY NAMPA |
Public | 11.7 | 89 | +45.9% |
| 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 | — |