Jennifer Swindell

$2.0 billion tax dollars devoted to public education in Idaho for the 2019-20 school year. This graphic breaks out how the money is allocated to districts and charters.

This amount is calculated by averaging the salaries of all full-time superintendents from the 2018-19 school year. [numbers_source file=”http://www.idahoednews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Supt.-Salaries_2017-2018_Numbers.xlsx” link_text=”2017-2018 Superintendent Salaries”]

This is the approximate number of students attending Idaho public schools during the 2018-19 school year. The number includes students in charter and traditional public schools. [numbers_source file=”http://www.idahoednews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Enrollments-Fiscal-17-18_Numbers.xlsx” link_text=”Enrollment Summary”]

This percentage is calculated from the number of students who started high school and graduated in four years in May of 2018.

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.