📍 125 4th Avenue West, Jerome, Jerome County, 83338
Falls City Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Jerome, Jerome County. The school has 79 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jerome Joint District school district. It serves grades 6–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1. The four-year graduation rate is 24%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Falls City Academy enrolls 79 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% Hispanic or Latino and 30% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 55 | 70% |
| White | 24 | 30% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
44 of the school's 79 students (56%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 37 qualify for free lunch and 7 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Falls City Academy is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district ID-20, state senate district 25, state house district 25.
Falls City Academy is one of 7 schools in JEROME JOINT DISTRICT, based in JEROME, Idaho. The district serves 3,998 students district-wide and employs 225 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 79 students, Falls City Academy is smaller than the district average of about 571 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe