Compass Public Charter School, Meridian ID

Original Research by School Decision on Compass Public Charter School

Compass Public Charter School is a single-campus K through 12 charter school in Meridian, Idaho, operated under its own charter authorization rather than as part of the local West Ada School District. It serves a student body that is large for an Idaho charter, with enrollment distributed across all thirteen grade levels. The elementary and middle grades are the fullest, while the high school grades thin out considerably, suggesting either a growing program that has not yet fully populated its upper grades or some attrition as students move into the later years. A parent considering the high school may want to look into this further with the school, since the upper-grade enrollment pattern raises practical questions about class size, course breadth, and the peer cohort a student would join.

The academic results that are available come from the most recent Idaho ISAT testing in math and English language arts for grades three through eight. They are strong. Math proficiency sits comfortably above state norms at every grade tested, and English language arts results run even higher, with several grades posting proficiency rates that would place this school among the stronger academic performers in the state. These are consistent results across grades and subjects, not a single spike. Science results for grades five and eight were reported only as wide ranges rather than point values, which limits what can be said about them. Average scale scores were not available for any subject or grade.

What is missing from the academic picture is the high school side. No ISAT results for grades nine through eleven appear in the data, and no graduation rate was provided. For a school that serves through grade twelve, those are the gaps a parent will feel most. The absence may reflect reporting timing, the size of the tested cohorts, or how the school's upper grades are structured, but the data does not specify a reason. No Advanced Placement, dual-credit, or career-technical program information was provided either, so the narrative cannot speak to what the high school pathway actually looks like beyond the classroom. No discipline, staffing, attendance, or Title I data was available.

The student population is predominantly white, with a Hispanic enrollment that represents a modest share and small proportions of other racial and ethnic groups. The share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch is low, well below what many public schools in Idaho serve, which points to a relatively advantaged student body. No information on students with individualized education programs or English learners was available.

Meridian itself is one of the fastest-growing cities in Idaho, transformed from a dairy-farming community into a large suburban center within the Boise metropolitan area. The built environment is predominantly car-dependent, with residential subdivisions and strip commercial corridors along major arterials. The Village at Meridian functions as a designed gathering place with retail, dining, and entertainment, standing in for a traditional walkable downtown that the city otherwise lacks. Blue Cross of Idaho, Jacksons Food Stores, and Scentsy are headquartered locally, and the Idaho State Police maintains its headquarters and training academy in the city. Housing in the school's zip code runs above both the state and national benchmarks for typical home values, and rents are similarly elevated. The housing market has been appreciating, consistent with the broader growth pressure across the Treasure Valley.

The district brief for Compass Public Charter School returned no documented parent-relevant changes from recent years, so there is nothing to report on program launches, facility shifts, or governance changes. No neighbor comparison fact-set was available to position this school against nearby charters or traditional public schools.

What the data supports is a clear read for families looking at the elementary and middle grades: a charter option with strong, consistent proficiency results in a growing suburban community, serving a relatively advantaged population. For families considering the high school, the academic evidence is thinner and the enrollment smaller, so direct conversation with the school about its upper-grade offerings, graduation outcomes, and course access would be the right next step.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=90%Cohort of 45 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

219 schools plotted. 4 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 370%

School 70% · District 70%

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 479%

School 79% · District 79%

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 570%

School 70% · District 70%

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 673%

School 73% · District 73%

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 771%

School 71% · District 71%

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 867%

School 67% · District 67%

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 375%

School 75% · District 75%

▲ 26 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 482%

School 82% · District 82%

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 580%

School 80% · District 80%

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 676%

School 76% · District 76%

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 781%

School 81% · District 81%

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 885%

School 85% · District 85%

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

This schoolCOMPASS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL INC., same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.