Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene's Absenteeism Rose 7.4 Points While the State Improved
In 2020-21, Coeur d'Alene's chronic absenteeism rate sat comfortably below the state average: 13.3% to Idaho's 15.1%. By 2024-25, the lines had crossed. Coeur d'Alene climbed to 20.7% while Idaho fell...
Idaho's Chronic Absenteeism Recovery Has Nearly Stalled
The numbers told a recovery story for two years. Idaho's chronic absenteeism rate fell from its pandemic peak of 20.6% in 2021-22 to 17.1%, then 15.0%, steep, reassuring drops that suggested the atten...
Idaho Is 17,871 Students Below Its Growth Curve
For 17 years, Idaho's public schools grew like clockwork. From 2002 to 2019, the state added an average of 3,522 students every year, a pace so steady that a simple line drawn through the data explain...