COMPASS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL

Set in MERIDIAN, Idaho, COMPASS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL is a sizable multi-level school, one of the schools within COMPASS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL INC.. It teaches 1,265 students across grades K through 12. That puts it 159% bigger than the typical public school in Idaho, which averages around 488 students.

COMPASS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL INC. is the operating authority for COMPASS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, COMPASS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, COMPASS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL lists 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.7:1. The state averages around 31.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Ada County (around 34%), the school's rate is south of typical.

In the area at large, census data for Ada County shows the typical household earns roughly $91,502 per year, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Ada County runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students), of which COMPASS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around COMPASS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL.

The campus sits in an outlying setting. COMPASS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. COMPASS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 128% since 2018, when it stood at 556 (now 1,265). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 today.

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