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 Pioneer Gateway Meridian Paramount Pepper Ridge

Elementary Schools

Peregrine River Valley Ponderosa Prospect Seven Oaks

Siena Galileo K-8

Elementary Schools

Donnell

Crossroads

Middle Schools: 9

Eagle Lake Hazel Lewis and Clark Heritage

Lowell Scott Pathways

Middle Schools

Meridian Middle Sawtooth

High Schools: 9

Centennial Eagle Central Academy Eagle Academy Meridian Academy

Meridian

High Schools

Mountain View Renaissance Rocky Mountain

Ada & Meridian Professional Technical Centers

Courses: •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 Fine Arts Academy Willow Creek Elementary

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.

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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

 51.5% are males.

 48.5% are female.

 .68% are black.

Students

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