HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-06-18 School Impact LetterMEMORANDUM: SCHOOL IMPACTS
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Community Development 33 E. Broadway Avenue, Meridian, ID 83642
Phone 208-884-5533 Fax 208-888-6854 www.meridiancity.org
June 16, 2025
TO: Sonya Allen, Associate Planner
CC: Bill Parsons, Current Planning Supervisor
FROM: Hether Hill, Long Range Associate Coordination Planner
RE: H-2025-0017: Durango Subdivision AZ, PP
CUMULATIVE IMPACTS ON SCHOOLS
The proposed residential development application is located on Assessor’s Parcel Number
S50433346600, S0433346650, S0433346710, and S0433347115. This section of the memo looks
at cumulative impacts over a broad area and provides entitlement data in areas affected by the
subject application. The following information is intended as a reference, rather than a decisive
tool, and serves to forecast the number of school-aged children, enrolled in both public and
private schools, using city-wide census data. To date and within the last five years, there have
been 1,655 entitled units (1,265 single-family and 390 multi-family) approved within a 1-mile
radius of the project location resulting in approximately 989 school-aged children.
Note: Total units derived from enterprise data for preliminary plats and unrelated conditional
use permits in the last 5-years. This data reflects approved projects only and excludes pending
applications, including the subject application. American Community Survey 5-year data is used
to determine persons per household and enrollment by grades for public and private schools. 459 240 289 989 402 218 262 882 58 22 28 107 -
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
Elementary Middle High Total
Forecasted Students Based on Entitlements
Total Students Public Private
Exhibit A
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West Ada School District
STUDENT GENERATION RATES
West Ada School District (WASD) uses a Student Generation Rate (SGR) to determine what
impact future development will have on enrollments. Based on the submitted application
materials, the proposed project will contain 135 single-family units and 0 multi-family units
resulting in approximately 67 school-aged children across all grade levels. The proposed project
is within the following school boundaries, currently, and approval of the project may affect
enrollments at these schools:
School Boundary Areas 24-25’ Enrollment Architectural
Capacity
Program
Capacity
Pleasant View Elementary School 747 650 625
Star Middle School 1014 1000 -
Owyhee High School 1887 1800 -
SGR Total Units
Development Area Zone Single
Family
Multi
Family
Total
Single
Family
Total
Multi
Family
Estimated
Students Architectural
Capacity
Program
Capacity
Pleasant View Elementary
School 0.49 0.2 135 - 67 650 625
Note: Student Generation Rates are calculated in reference to the designated elementary
school within the subject property’s associated development area zone. This information is
intended as a reference, rather than a decisive tool.
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HISTORICAL ENROLLMENTS
The following table includes historical student enrollment data for schools, within a two-mile
radius, that may be affected by future school boundary changes:
Notes:
• Attendance data per Idaho Department of Education 1. WASD also provides current and historical
enrollment data: https://www.westada.org/page/district-data
• Projects can be built in phases and full impacts not immediate.
• Architectural Capacity – the capacity established at the time a school is designed based on the
number of general education classrooms in the building. 2
1 https://www.sde.idaho.gov/finance/
2 https://www.westada.org/page/facility-plan/
Development Area Zone 2024-2025
Enrollment
2023 - 2024
Enrollment
2022 - 2023
Enrollment
2021 - 2022
Enrollment
2020 - 2021
Enrollment
Chaparral Elementary School 545 533 535 537 361
Hunter Elementary School 460 478 516 544 494
Meridian Elementary School 468 436 447 440 401
Pleasant View Elementary School 747 655 616 556 365
Ponderosa Elementary School 415 434 428 464 405
Willow Creek Elementary School 504 533 544 567 488
Meridian Middle School 961 956 1076 1095 1028
Sawtooth Middle School 829 815 893 922 903
Star Middle School 1014 943 894 825 712
Meridian High School 1781 1827 1785 1761 1876
Owyhee High School 1887 1816 1781 1458 0
Rocky Mountain High School 1868 1916 1922 1984 2413
Attendance
Exhibit B
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