GEM PREP: ONLINE SCHOOL

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GEM PREP: MERIDIAN → INSIGHT SCHOOL OF IDAHO → IDAHO TECHNICAL CAREER ACADEMY → MOUNTAIN VIEW HIGH SCHOOL → RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL → REBOUND SCHOOL OF OPPORTUNITY → MERIDIAN ACADEMY → IDAHO FINE ARTS ACADEMY →

🎓95% 4-yr grad rate

📋 At a glance

Programs & features

✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
✅ Gifted & talented program

Academic signals

🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 29% of US high schools
📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 46% by test-taker volume
🎓 4-yr grad rate: 95% (75th percentile nationally)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How GEM PREP: ONLINE SCHOOL compares for families

What families should know about GEM PREP: ONLINE SCHOOL.

▸ LocallyID students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: GEM PREP: MERIDIAN, INSIGHT SCHOOL OF IDAHO, IDAHO TECHNICAL CAREER ACADEMY and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

Bottom 46% by test-taker volume

SAT/ACT test-takers

11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Test-taking intensity

47.9

takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

Compared against

18,426

US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts

What % of students graduate on time?

75th percentile nationally

4-year graduation rate

95%

Range: 90–100%

4-year cohort size

Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years

Compared against

17,988

US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.

👩‍🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)

6.4%

Strong: experienced corps. New teachers rotate through but most have ≥3 years in.

% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)

0.0%

Strong attendance culture among teachers.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days

3.2%

Below 10% — strong attendance culture. Chronic absence is a leading indicator of dropout and disengagement; a low rate signals families staying connected to the school.

Students absent 15+ days

Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor

378:1

Around the US median. Counselors are stretched but functional.

Counselor FTE

1.0

Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.

Teacher FTE

Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +6.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 378 students:

2025

403

2027

458

2029

520

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At $9,718 per student in district revenue, the 142 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $1,379,956/year in additional funding.

District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
GEM PREP: MERIDIAN MERIDIAN	Public · charter	0.0	90	+40.6%
INSIGHT SCHOOL OF IDAHO MERIDIAN	Public · charter	0.3	262	+23.0%
IDAHO TECHNICAL CAREER ACADEMY MERIDIAN	Public · charter	0.3	137	-27.1%
MOUNTAIN VIEW HIGH SCHOOL MERIDIAN	Public	0.5	2,463	+4.0%
RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL MERIDIAN	Public	1.0	662	-2.9%
REBOUND SCHOOL OF OPPORTUNITY MERIDIAN	Public	1.1	182	+37.9%
MERIDIAN ACADEMY MERIDIAN	Public	1.2	182	+4.6%
IDAHO FINE ARTS ACADEMY MERIDIAN	Public	1.2	154	+24.2%