PARAMOUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in MERIDIAN, Idaho, PARAMOUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL hosts 460 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2. By comparison, Idaho's public schools average about 332 students each, so PARAMOUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 39% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 61 schools in JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2 (38,740 students total), PARAMOUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, PARAMOUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 73%. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Ada County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 18.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Ada County's rate of about 34%.

In the area at large, Ada County reports that median household earnings sit near $91,502, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Ada County's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students), PARAMOUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. PARAMOUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 19% since 2018, when it stood at 569 (now 460). White enrollment moved from 89% to 73% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

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