IDAHO TECHNICAL CAREER ACADEMY
MERIDIAN · ID · IDAHO COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS ACADEMY INC. · Public charter
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IDAHO FINE ARTS ACADEMY → CENTRAL ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL → EMPOWER CONNECTIONS ACADEMY → MERIDIAN ACADEMY → REBOUND SCHOOL OF OPPORTUNITY → GEM PREP: MERIDIAN → EAGLE ACADEMY → MERIDIAN MEDICAL ARTS CHARTER →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🔢 1 calculus classes
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 25% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 26% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 54% (Bottom 11% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How IDAHO TECHNICAL CAREER ACADEMY compares for families
What families should know about IDAHO TECHNICAL CAREER ACADEMY.
- ▸ LocallyID students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: IDAHO FINE ARTS ACADEMY, CENTRAL ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL, EMPOWER CONNECTIONS ACADEMY and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Limited — narrow advanced curriculum
Bottom 25% of US high schools
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 26% by test-taker volume
Source: 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.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 11% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 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 -10.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 137 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IDAHO FINE ARTS ACADEMY MERIDIAN |
Public | 1.4 | 154 | +24.2% |
| CENTRAL ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL MERIDIAN |
Public | 5.1 | 136 | -15.0% |
| EMPOWER CONNECTIONS ACADEMY BOISE |
Public · charter | 3.0 | 163 | +38.1% |
| MERIDIAN ACADEMY MERIDIAN |
Public | 1.4 | 182 | +4.6% |
| REBOUND SCHOOL OF OPPORTUNITY MERIDIAN |
Public | 1.4 | 182 | +37.9% |
| GEM PREP: MERIDIAN MERIDIAN |
Public · charter | 0.3 | 90 | +40.6% |
| EAGLE ACADEMY EAGLE |
Public | 7.5 | 160 | +1.9% |
| MERIDIAN MEDICAL ARTS CHARTER MERIDIAN |
Public · charter | 3.7 | 191 | -0.5% |