PARMA HIGH SCHOOL

PARMA HIGH SCHOOL is a senior high of compact scale in PARMA, Idaho, part of PARMA DISTRICT, teacheing 305 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 33% leaner than the state mean of about 455.

PARMA DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,003 students. PARMA HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, PARMA HIGH SCHOOL lists that 71% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 27% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, PARMA HIGH SCHOOL has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 47% of students at PARMA HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Across the wider county, Canyon County reports that median household earnings sit near $76,488, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Canyon County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,048 students), PARMA HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PARMA MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around PARMA HIGH SCHOOL.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PARMA HIGH SCHOOL has decreased 10%, going from 339 students in 2018 to 305 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged up from 64% to 71% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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