RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL

RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL, an average-sized senior high in MERIDIAN, Idaho, one of the schools within JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2, hosts 662 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 45% above the typical public school in Idaho, which averages around 455 students.

JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2 runs 61 schools in total, collectively educating 38,740 students. RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the resource side, RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL shows 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Ada County (around 34%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

In the area at large, Ada County reports that the typical household earns roughly $91,502 per year, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: VIRTUAL SCHOOL HOUSE, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 735 (now 662). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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