Carly Flandro 01/15/2025
Idaho’s slowly climbing high school graduation rate reached a 10-year zenith of 82.3% last spring.
It’s a modest improvement over the class of 2023’s 81% graduation rate, but good news in a state known for having one of the nation’s lowest graduation rates.
The just-released 2024 graduation rate bested the state’s new, lowered goal to have 81.6% of students graduate on time. The previous goal had been to have 95% of students graduate on time.
The districts and schools with perfect graduation rates (and small class sizes)
Fifteen traditional school districts had a 100% graduation rate. All were small and rural, with class sizes ranging from six to 67:
Horseshoe Bend, 21 graduates
North Gem, seven graduates
Challis, 24 graduates
West Side, 67 graduates
Salmon River, nine graduates
Kootenai, six graduates
Potlatch, 26 graduates
South Lemhi, nine graduates
Nezperce, 11 graduates
Highland, 13 graduates
Dietrich, 21 graduates
Culdesac, six graduates
Rockland, 10 graduates
Castleford, 24 graduates
Murtaugh, 18 graduates
Sixteen traditional schools had a 100% graduation rate. All are secondary schools from the districts listed above, except for Clark Fork High in Lake Pend Oreille School District, which had 33 graduates.
Eleven nontraditional schools had a 100% graduation rate. All were small, with class sizes ranging from seven to 50:
Meridian Medical Arts Charter, West Ada School District, 36 graduates
Idaho Fine Arts Academy, West Ada School District, 38 graduates
Technical Careers, Bonneville School District, 49 graduates
Victory Charter, 26 graduates
Compass Public Charter, 50 graduates
Taylor’s Crossing Public Charter, 24 graduates
White Pine Charter, seven graduates
North Idaho Stem Charter Academy, 23 graduates
American Heritage Charter, 12 graduates
Gem Prep: Meridian, 14 graduates
Gem Prep: Online, 29 graduates
At the state’s largest districts, wide variance in graduation rates
The Pocatello/Chubbuck school district claimed the highest graduation rate among the state’s 10 largest districts, with 92% of students graduating on time last spring.
Seven of the state’s 10 largest districts outperformed the statewide graduation rate of 82.3%. But three were far below that benchmark. Idaho Falls was at the bottom of this list, with just 73% of students graduating on time.
Vulnerable student groups show improvement but continue to be less likely to graduate on time, data shows
The student groups below had graduation rates below the statewide rate. However, all but two of these student groups had higher graduation rates than in 2023.
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