Jennifer Swindell

Managing editor and CEO Jennifer Swindell founded Idaho Education News in 2013. She has led the online news platform as it has grown in readership and engagement every year, reaching over two million pageviews a year. Jennifer has more than 35 years of experience in Idaho journalism. She also has served as a public information officer for Idaho schools and as a communication director at Boise State University. She can be reached at [email protected].

Graduates

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”]

Districts in Idaho

Idaho has 115 school districts with more than 650 schools.

Charter Schools in Idaho

Idaho has 65 individually funded public charter schools/districts.

Average Charter Administrator Salary

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”]

Seeking solutions for Idaho education

Journalists search for the truth and expose the problems. In a series we’ll publish next week, we are supporting those investigations with in-depth reports on what’s going right.