“This analysis provides the board direction to investigate strategies to help these low-graduating populations improve,” Soltman told the Legislature’s joint budget committee, kicking off a week of education budget hearings. As a result of investigating possible reasons behind a lower - than - anticipated state - wide graduation rate , education officials in Idaho determined the cause to be the state ’s virtual ( online ) charter schools , from which it seems the majority of students do not graduate . According to an eSchool News article , graduation rates from these schools sit at just 20 % , which is lower than the state ’s schools for at - risk students , who tend to achieve graduation rates of 36 % . For comparative purposes , traditional public and charter schools in Idaho tend to have graduation rates of 81 % and 91 % respectively .
As a result of investigating possible reasons behind a lower - than - anticipated state - wide graduation rate , education officials in Idaho determined the cause to be the state ’s virtual ( online ) charter schools , from which it seems the majority of students do not graduate . According to an eSchool News article , graduation rates from these schools sit at just 20 % , which is lower than the state ’s schools for at - risk students , who tend to achieve graduation rates of 36 % . For comparative purposes , traditional public and charter schools in Idaho tend to have graduation rates of 81 % and 91 % respectively .