GEM PREP: POCATELLO SCHOOL
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NEW HORIZON HIGH SCHOOL → PORTNEUF VALLEY TECHNICAL AND CAREER CENTER → BINGHAM ACADEMY → SNAKE RIVER OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL → ROCKLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL → CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL → AMERICAN HERITAGE CHARTER SCHOOL → ABERDEEN HIGH SCHOOL →📋 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: POCATELLO SCHOOL compares for families
What families should know about GEM PREP: POCATELLO SCHOOL.
- ▸ LocallyID students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: NEW HORIZON HIGH SCHOOL, PORTNEUF VALLEY TECHNICAL AND CAREER CENTER, BINGHAM ACADEMY 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.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ 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 +2.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 476 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $7,853 per student in district revenue, the 70 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $549,710/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEW HORIZON HIGH SCHOOL POCATELLO |
Public | 1.2 | 119 | -1.7% |
| PORTNEUF VALLEY TECHNICAL AND CAREER CENTER POCATELLO |
Public | 0.2 | — | — |
| BINGHAM ACADEMY BLACKFOOT |
Public · charter | 20.5 | 68 | -27.7% |
| SNAKE RIVER OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL BLACKFOOT |
Public | 18.9 | 150 | +172.7% |
| ROCKLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL ROCKLAND |
Public | 30.8 | 59 | -7.8% |
| CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL REXBURG |
Public | 71.8 | 83 | -41.5% |
| AMERICAN HERITAGE CHARTER SCHOOL IDAHO FALLS |
Public · charter | 43.7 | 90 | +23.3% |
| ABERDEEN HIGH SCHOOL ABERDEEN |
Public | 19.1 | 213 | -4.9% |