FRUITLAND PREPARATORY ACADEMY

FRUITLAND PREPARATORY ACADEMY operates as a tiny 9-12 campus in FRUITLAND, Idaho, part of FRUITLAND DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 18 students spanning grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Idaho's public schools average about 455 students each, so FRUITLAND PREPARATORY ACADEMY sits 96% below that benchmark.

Within FRUITLAND DISTRICT, which oversees 4 schools and 1,551 students, FRUITLAND PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, FRUITLAND PREPARATORY ACADEMY logs that 56% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 39% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Payette County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Roughly 56% of students at FRUITLAND PREPARATORY ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, census data for Payette County shows median household earnings sit near $67,673, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Payette County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,521 students), FRUITLAND PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is FRUITLAND HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FRUITLAND PREPARATORY ACADEMY.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 36%: 28 students in 2018 compared to 18 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 25% to 39%.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.