1 / 24

This Year in Joint School District No. 2

Many thanks to our community’s newest Fred Meyer, located at Linder and Chinden Roads, for its generous support and sponsorship of today’s New Teacher Orientation. This Year in Joint School District No. 2. Student Enrollment 35,526. 16,129 elementary students 28 elementary schools

unity
Download Presentation

This Year in Joint School District No. 2

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Many thanks to our community’s newest Fred Meyer, located at Linder and Chinden Roads, for its generous support and sponsorship of today’s New Teacher Orientation

  2. This Year in Joint School District No. 2

  3. Student Enrollment 35,526 • 16,129 elementary students • 28 elementary schools • 2 K-6 schools • 1K-8 schools • 9,013middle school students • 9 middle schools • 10,384 high school students • 9 high schools • Growth for the last 2 years had slowed to only about 500 new students a year. This year’s projection is 600 new students.

  4. Elementary Schools: 28 Andrus Chaparral Chief Joseph Discovery Desert Sage

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

  6. Elementary Schools Linder Mary McPherson Gateway Meridian Paramount Pepper Ridge

  7. Elementary Schools Peregrine Pioneer Ponderosa Prospect River Valley Seven Oaks

  8. Elementary Schools Silver Sage Spalding Star Summerwind Ustick

  9. K-6/8 Schools: 3 Donnell: k-6 Galileo: k-8 Siena: k-6

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

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

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

  13. High Schools Meridian Mountain View Renaissance Rocky Mountain

  14. Ada Professional- Technical High School • Courses available this fall: • Construction • Smart Home Technology • Culinary Arts • Architectural Design • Police, Fire & Emergency Services • Pre-Engineering • Health Science • Agricultural Science • Auto Collision • Auto Repair

  15. Renaissance High School • Enrollment: 672 • College prep (associates degree) • IB Program Construction Cost: $9.9 million Capacity: 880 students RMHS Construction Cost: $52 Million Capacity: 2000 students

  16. Elementary Magnet School Programs • Christine Donnell School of the Arts • Summerwind School of Math and Science • Paramount Core Literacy Magnet • Galileo School of Math and Science • Pioneer School of the Arts • Eagle Elementary School of the Arts • Spalding Math and Technology Magnet • Gateway School of Language and Culture • Andrus Self Contained Gifted and Talented Magnet • Siena Self Contained Gifted and Talented Magnet

  17. Teachers • 1767 teachers (127 fewer than state allocation) • 99% of these teachers are fully certified and highly qualified to teach in their subject area. • The average elementary teacher will earn $42,468, meaning their income ranks 45rd out of the state’s 114 school districts. • The average secondary teacher will earn $43,287, ranking them 54nd out of 114 districts.

  18. Administration In the most recent audit of administrative costs by the Office of Performance Evaluation, Joint School District No. 2 had the second lowest administrative costs in Idaho. This year, the district qualifies for 130 administrators, and has hired 111.

  19. Support Staff • 950 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 4,610,000 square feet of building space and 860 acres of lawn • Food service staff prepare 3,374,768 meals, approximately 19,735per day, plus ala carte items and after school snacks • More than 1450 substitutes teach 47,060 days

  20. Transportation • Bus drivers transport 13,405 students to school on 211 buses each day • The bus fleet logs slightly less than 3 millionmiles • The oldest has been in operation since1990 • The school buses cover 331 routes each day, down from a high of 554; the number of bus stops was reduced by more than 1,400 over the last two years • Mid-day kindergarten busing will not be provided again this year

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

  22. Students • 9.7% receive special education services. • 4.5% qualify as gifted and talented. • 5.4% are non-English speakers; in total they speak 70 different languages, including Acholi, Kizigua, Mai-mai, Tamil, and Urdu. • 32%% qualify for free and reduced lunch (up from a 27.26% last year and 21% the year prior to that).

  23. Student Achievement • 92.4% Graduation Rate • 94% Proficient or Advanced on the Reading ISAT • 88% Proficient or Advance on the Math ISAT • The district achieves these results on $4,077 in state funding, the lowest level of funding in the United States among school districts with more than 10,000 students.

  24. This year in Joint School District No. 2

More Related