CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY

Set in MERIDIAN, Idaho, CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY is a large primary school, run under JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2. It teaches 545 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 64% larger than the state mean of about 332.

JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2 comprises 61 schools with combined enrollment of 38,740 students; CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY logs that White students make up the majority at 62%. The remainder is composed of 25% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ada County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Ada County) reports that median household income runs about $91,502, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY is one of 156 public schools in Ada County (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students).

Nearest neighbor: DORAL ACADEMY OF IDAHO, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY has climbed 11%, going from 493 students in 2018 to 545 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 84% to 62% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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