This Year in West Ada School District

1. This Year in West Ada School District

2. 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

3. Elementary Schools: 32 Andrus Chaparral Chief Joseph Discovery Desert Sage

4. Elementary Schools Eagle Eagle Hills Frontier Lake Hazel Hunter Joplin

5. Elementary Schools Mary McPherson Pioneer Gateway Meridian Paramount Pepper Ridge

6. Elementary Schools Peregrine River Valley Ponderosa Prospect Seven Oaks

7. Elementary Schools Siena Donnell Galileo K-8

8. Clubs 8th Grade Spanish Links Middle Schools: 9 Crossroads Eagle Lake Hazel Lewis and Clark Heritage

9. Clubs 8th Grade Spanish Links Middle Schools Meridian Middle Lowell Scott Sawtooth Pathways

10. High Schools: 9 Central Academy Centennial Eagle Academy Eagle Meridian Academy

11. High Schools Meridian Mountain View Renaissance Rocky Mountain

12. Ada & Meridian Professional Technical Centers • Courses: • Construction • Smart Home Technology • Culinary Arts • Architectural Design • Police, Fire & Emergency Services • Pre-Engineering • Health Science • Agricultural Science • Auto Collision • Auto Repair • Masonry

13. 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

14. New This Year

15. New this Year Idaho Fine Arts Academy Willow Creek Elementary

16. Teachers • 1859 (60 teachers fewer than state allocation) • 99% of these teachers are fully certified and highly qualified to teach in their subject area.

17. 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.

18. 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

19. 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

20. Students • 51.5% are males. • 48.5% are female. • .68% are black. • 4.61% are Hispanic. • .44% are native American. • 1.12% are Asian.

21. 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).

22. Student Achievement: MAP

24. Student Achievement • High School Students

25. 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

26. This Year in West Ada School District