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Kootenai Bridge Academy is a public charter high school serving grades 9-12 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, with a student population of 312. However, the school has faced significant challenges in recent years, including a declining statewide ranking, low graduation rates, high chronic absenteeism, and poor academic performance compared to nearby high schools.
Kootenai Bridge Academy's performance has declined dramatically over the past decade. In the 2009-2010 school year, it ranked 3rd out of 169 Idaho high schools and had a 5-star rating, but by the 2023-2024 school year, its ranking had dropped to 122 out of 159 high schools, with a 1-star rating. The school's four-year graduation rates have consistently been low, ranging from 40.5% in 2019-2020 to 46.7% in the current 2022-2023 school year, significantly lower than the nearby Timberlake Senior High School (97.6%), Lakeland Senior High School (92.7%), and Post Falls High School (91.6%).
Kootenai Bridge Academy's academic performance, as measured by ISAT proficiency rates, is also significantly lower than the state and nearby school averages. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 16.3% of students were proficient or better in ISAT Math, compared to the state average of 42.2%, and in ISAT English Language Arts, the school's proficiency rate was 39.5%, compared to the state average of 53.3%. Additionally, the school has experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, with 24.1% in the 2020-2021 school year and 6.0% in the 2021-2022 school year, much higher than the nearby schools, which range from 8.0% to 41.2% chronic absenteeism. These factors, combined with the school's low spending per student and high student-teacher ratio, suggest that Kootenai Bridge Academy faces significant challenges in providing a high-quality education for its students.
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