Month: September 2019

This is the average amount of money school districts and charters spend per student per school year. This calculation uses federal, state and local dollars. [numbers_source file=”http://www.idahoednews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Per-Pupil-Expenditures_2017-2018-Update.xlsx” link_text=”2017-2018 Per Pupil Expenditures”]

This graphic illustrates the breakdown of Idaho’s graduation rates from the 2017-2018 school year. [numbers_source file=”http://www.idahoednews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Graduation-Rates-2016_Numbers.xlsx” link_text=”2016 Graduation Rate”]

The SAT scores shown are the highest composite scores in Idaho, based on the Evidence Based Reading and Writing, and Math sections of the SAT. About 22,000 juniors across Idaho take the SAT college entrance exam. The Legislature provides more than $1 million for students to take the SAT.

This is the total number of students who graduated from an Idaho high school in 2018. [numbers_source file=”http://www.idahoednews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Graduation-Rates-2016_Numbers.xlsx” link_text=”2016 Graduation Rate”]

Idaho has 65 individually funded public charter schools/districts.

This is the average charter administrator salary from the 2018-19 school year as reported by charters to the State Department of Education. This is base salary and does not include extra perks. [numbers_source file=”http://www.idahoednews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Charter-Salaries_2017-2018_Numbers.xlsx” link_text=”Charter Salaries”]

While kids around the world walked out of class to protest climate change on Friday, students at Heritage Middle School walked between classrooms — educating classmates to raise awareness.