High · Idaho

Alturas Preparatory Academy

Charter

Alturas Preparatory Academy, a public high school in Idaho Falls, Idaho: grades 6–12, 463 students, 16.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Alturas Preparatory Academy Inc.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 463
Teachers (FTE): 27.8
Students per teacher: 16.7
Grades: 6–12; High

More students per teacher than 59% of high schools in Idaho

Median 15.4 · 204 schools compared

More students per teacher than 66% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 71% of high schools in Idaho

Median 216 · 207 schools compared

Larger than 53% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Idaho's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Idaho: 52%

62%proficient

+2.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 85% of high schools in Idaho

Median 33% · 41 high schools compared

265 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · ISAT; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Idaho: 44%

50%proficient

+7.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 88% of high schools in Idaho

Median 28% · 41 high schools compared

266 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · ISAT; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 6–12
Type: Charter school · Regular
Area: Small city
Run by: Alturas Preparatory Academy Inc

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Alturas Preparatory Academy Inc.

Location

Address: 2280 East 17TH Street, Idaho Falls, ID 83404
Phone: (208)932-9440
City or town: Idaho Falls
County: Bonneville County

Quality of life in Idaho Falls Schools in Idaho Falls

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Hillcrest High School	9–12	1,230	24.2	0.8 mi
Virtual Preparatory Academy of Idaho - Secondary	7–10	0	—	1.8 mi
Compass Academy	9–12	393	17.1	1.9 mi
Idaho Falls Senior High School	9–12	1,298	20.5	1.9 mi
Emerson High SchoolAlternative	9–12	135	11.2	2.2 mi
Lincoln High SchoolAlternative	7–12	110	13.8	2.5 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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