This Year in West Ada School District

This Year in West Ada School District

Student Enrollment 36,761 (+ 650)

17,316 elementary students• 32 Elementary schools

8,565 middle school students• 9 middle schools

10,880 high school students• 11 high schools

Elementary Schools: 32

Andrus Chaparral

Chief Joseph

Desert Sage Discovery

Elementary Schools

Eagle Eagle Hills Frontier

Hunter Joplin Lake Hazel

Elementary Schools

Mary McPherson Gateway

Meridian Paramount Pepper Ridge

Pioneer

Elementary Schools

Peregrine Ponderosa

Prospect

River Valley

Seven Oaks

Elementary Schools

Galileo K-8

DonnellSiena

Middle Schools: 9

Eagle

Lake Hazel

Lewis and ClarkHeritage

Crossroads

Middle Schools

Lowell Scott Meridian Middle

Pathways Sawtooth

High Schools: 9

Centennial Central Academy

Eagle Academy

Eagle Meridian Academy

High Schools

Meridian Mountain View

Rocky MountainRenaissance

Ada & Meridian Professional Technical

CentersCourses:• Animal Science• Ag Welding and Fabrication• Automotive Technology• Certified Nursing Assistant• Collision Repair• Computer Science (Programming &

Web Design)• Culinary Arts• Digital Home Technology Integration• Emergency Medical Technician• Fire Services• Law Enforcement, Detention and

Corrections• Natural Resources/Plant Science• Masonry• Pharmacy Technician• Pre-Engineering• Residential Construction

Elementary Schools of Choice

ART and STEM Christine Donnell School of

the Arts Summerwind School STEM

Academy Paramount Core Literacy

Magnet Galileo School STEM Academy Pioneer School of the Arts Eagle Elementary School of

the Arts Spalding STEM Academy Chief Joseph School of the

Arts Gateway School of Language

and Culture Andrus Self Contained Gifted

and Talented Program Siena Self Contained Gifted

and Talented Program

New This Year

New this Year

Idaho FineArts Academy

Willow CreekElementary

Teachers

1859 (60 teachers fewer than state allocation)

99% of these teachers are fully certified and highly qualified to teach in their subject area.

Administration

In the most recent audit of administrative costs by the Office of Performance Evaluation, West Ada School had the second lowest administrative costs in Idaho.

This year, the district qualifies for 133 administrators and has hired 112.4.

Support Staff 2200 full and part-time non-certified

staff• computer aides• special education aides• bus drivers• food service staff• custodians• school secretaries• central office staff• crossing guards,

safe school assistants, etc.

Custodians clean and maintain 4,700,000 square feet of building space and 870 acres of lawn

Food service staff prepare 3,374,768 meals, approximately 19,735 per day, plus ala carte items and after school snacks

More than 1450 substitutes teach 47,060 days

Transportation The district has

contracted its bus services with Cascade Transportation, saving an estimated $15 million over 5 years.

Mid-day kindergarten busing returns after three years.

The Mother Ship is being mothballed

Students 51.5% are males. 48.5% are female. .68% are black. 4.61% are

Hispanic. .44% are native

American. 1.12% are Asian.

Students

10.2% receive special education services.

4.5% qualify as gifted and talented.

5.4% are non-English speakers; in total they speak more than 70 different languages, including Acoli, Kizigua, Mai-mai, Tigrinya, Ewe, Gujarati, Tamil, and Urdu.

29% qualify for free and reduced lunch (up from a 21% prior to the recession but down from 31% last year).

Student Achievement: MAP

Student Achievement High School Students

Financial Data

• Received $4,325 in state funding per pupil

• 2nd lowest revenue per pupil in the United States among districts with more than 10,000 students

This Year in

West Ada School District