GEM PREP: MERIDIAN

As a middle-of-the-pack K-12 campus in MERIDIAN, Idaho, GEM PREP: MERIDIAN hosts 506 students from grades K through 12, one of the schools within GEM PREP: MERIDIAN LLC.

Operationally, GEM PREP: MERIDIAN answers to GEM PREP: MERIDIAN LLC, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GEM PREP: MERIDIAN records that 75% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, GEM PREP: MERIDIAN has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 31.4:1, putting GEM PREP: MERIDIAN tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 38% of students at GEM PREP: MERIDIAN qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the area at large, census data for Ada County shows median household earnings sit near $91,502, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Ada County runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students), of which GEM PREP: MERIDIAN is one.

GEM PREP: ONLINE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area. GEM PREP: MERIDIAN operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for GEM PREP: MERIDIAN typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.