Idaho school board elections, 2014

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Elections Information

Election Dates • 2014 Elections • Poll Opening and Closing Times

A total of one Idaho school district among America's largest school districts by enrollment held an election in 2014 for three seats. Boise School District held its election on September 2, 2014.

Here are a few quick facts about Idaho's school board elections in 2014:

• An average of 2.33 candidates ran for each board seat up for election in 2014 in the Boise School District, which was higher than the national average of 1.89 candidates per seat.
• None of the school board seats on the ballot in 2014 were unopposed. Nationally 32.57 percent of school board seats were unopposed.

• Two of the three incumbents whose seats were on the ballot ran for re-election in 2014, and both retained their seats.
• One newcomer was elected to the Boise School District in 2014, which represented 33.33 percent of the total seats up for election. This was lower than the 38.19 percent of school board seats that went to newcomers nationally.

The district listed below served 25,107 K-12 students during the 2010-2011 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Click on the district name for more information on the district and its school board election.

2014 Idaho School Board Elections
District	Date	Seats up for election	Total board seats	Student enrollment
Boise School District	9/2/2014	3	7	25,107

State profile

Demographic data for Idaho
	Idaho	U.S.
Total population:	1,652,828	316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):	82,643	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:	91.7%	73.6%
Black/African American:	0.6%	12.6%
Asian:	1.3%	5.1%
Native American:	1.3%	0.8%
Pacific Islander:	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more:	2.6%	3%
Hispanic/Latino:	11.8%	17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:	89.5%	86.7%
College graduation rate:	25.9%	29.8%
Income
Median household income:	$47,583	$53,889
Persons below poverty level:	16.9%	11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Idaho. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Presidential voting pattern

See also: Presidential voting trends in Idaho

Idaho voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

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Academic performance

See also: Public education in Idaho

Education terms
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NAEP scores

See also: NAEP scores by state

The National Center for Education Statistics provides state-by-state data on student achievement levels in mathematics and reading in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Compared to three neighboring states (Montana, Oregon, and Washington), a smaller percentage of Idaho's students were considered at or above proficient in math and reading in fourth grade during the 2012-2013 school year.

Percent of students scoring at or above proficient, 2012-2013
	Math - Grade 4	Math - Grade 8	Reading - Grade 4	Reading - Grade 8
Idaho	40%	36%	33%	38%
Montana	45%	40%	35%	40%
Oregon	40%	34%	33%	37%
Washington	48%	42%	40%	42%
U.S. average	41%	34%	34%	34%

Graduation, ACT and SAT scores

See also: Graduation rates by groups in state and ACT and SAT scores in the U.S.

The following table shows the graduation rates and average composite ACT and SAT scores for Idaho and surrounding states in 2012 and 2013.

Comparison table for graduation rates and test scores*
State	Graduation rate, 2012		Average ACT composite, 2012		Average SAT composite, 2013
	Percent	Quintile ranking**	Score	Participation rate	Score	Participation rate
Idaho	92%	First	21.6	67%	1364	99%
Montana	84%	Second	22	61%	1595	25%
Oregon	68%	Fifth	21.4	38%	1539	49%
Washington	77%	Fourth	22.9	21%	1537	60%
U.S. average	80%		21.1		1498
*Regulatory Adjusted Cohort Rate (except for Idaho, Kentucky, Oklahoma, which did not report “Regulatory Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate,” but instead used their own method of calculation). **Graduation rates for states in the first quintile ranked in the top 20 percent nationally. Similarly, graduation rates for states in the fifth quintile ranked in the bottom 20 percent nationally. Source: United States Department of Education, ED Data Express

Dropout rate

See also: Public high school dropout rates by state for a full comparison of dropout rates by group in all states

The high school event dropout rate indicates the proportion of students who were enrolled at some time during the school year and were expected to be enrolled in grades 9–12 in the following school year but were not enrolled by October 1 of the following school year. Students who have graduated, transferred to another school, died, moved to another country, or who are out of school due to illness are not considered dropouts. The average public high school event dropout rate for the United States remained constant at 3.3 percent for both school year 2010–11 and school year 2011–12. The event dropout rate for Idaho was lower than the national average at 1.6 percent in the 2010-2011 school year, and 1.9 percent in the 2011-2012 school year.

See also

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