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IDAHO VIRTUAL ACADEMY
Test scores
ISAT 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the ISAT, Idaho's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Idaho schools, those numbers are about 53 and 44.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About IDAHO VIRTUAL ACADEMY
Set in MERIDIAN, Idaho, IDAHO VIRTUAL ACADEMY is a sizable unified-grade school, operated by IDAHO VIRTUAL ACADEMY INC.. It instructs 1,801 students across grades K through 12. That puts it 269% above the typical public school in Idaho, which averages around 488 students.
IDAHO VIRTUAL ACADEMY INC. runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 2,063 students. IDAHO VIRTUAL ACADEMY is one of those campuses.
On demographics, IDAHO VIRTUAL ACADEMY shows that White students make up the majority at 74%. The remainder breaks down as 18% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.
Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 32.6:1. The state averages around 31.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Ada County) reports that median household earnings sit near $91,502, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ada County runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students), of which IDAHO VIRTUAL ACADEMY is one.
Nearest neighbor: INSIGHT SCHOOL OF IDAHO, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IDAHO VIRTUAL ACADEMY.
Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area. IDAHO VIRTUAL ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Over the past 7-year window. IDAHO VIRTUAL ACADEMY's enrollment has edged up 9% since 2018, when it stood at 1,656 (now 1,801). The White share of enrollment edged down from 85% to 74% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 31.4:1 in 2018 to 32.6:1 in 2025.
On allk12, the feed for IDAHO VIRTUAL ACADEMY typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Ada County at a glance
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