GEM PREP: ONLINE SCHOOL

As a modestly sized combined-grade school in MERIDIAN, Idaho, GEM PREP: ONLINE SCHOOL caters to 378 students from grades pre-K through 12, one of the schools within GEM PREP: ONLINE LLC. Enrollment runs roughly 23% below the state mean of about 488.

GEM PREP: ONLINE SCHOOL sits inside GEM PREP: ONLINE LLC, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GEM PREP: ONLINE SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Ada County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 29.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 31.4:1 average.

Zooming out to the 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%. In all, Ada County runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students), of which GEM PREP: ONLINE SCHOOL is one.

GEM PREP: MERIDIAN is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a suburban site. GEM PREP: ONLINE SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GEM PREP: ONLINE SCHOOL has contracted 32%, going from 557 students in 2018 to 378 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 4% to 13%. Class-load math has tightened: from 46.8:1 in 2018 to 29.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.