GEM PREP: NAMPA

GEM PREP: NAMPA is one of the reasonably sized all-grades campuss in NAMPA, Idaho, one of the schools within GEM PREP: NAMPA LLC, with 529 students on its rolls from grades K through 12.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, GEM PREP: NAMPA shows that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 38% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.0:1. The state averages around 31.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Canyon County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Canyon County put the typical household earns roughly $76,488 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Canyon County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,048 students), GEM PREP: NAMPA is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is NAMPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a suburban site. GEM PREP: NAMPA operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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