The top reported proficiency rate is 35% in English language arts. The lowest is 21% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Inspire Academics Inc.
Inspire Academics Inc. is an Idaho virtual charter district serving kindergarten through twelfth grade across two schools: Inspire Virtual Charter School and Empower Connections Academy. The district's enrollment is modest for a full K-12 operation, and the student body skews toward the upper grades, with the largest concentrations in middle and high school. The population is predominantly white, with Hispanic students forming the next largest group. A small number of students identify as American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, or two or more races.
Because this is a virtual charter district, some data points that parents might expect from a traditional brick-and-mortar district are absent. Free and reduced-price lunch counts were not reported. Special education and English learner populations were not reported either. No locale brief or community economic context was available for this district, so we cannot describe the housing market, commute patterns, or neighborhood character that would normally help a family situate a school. No comparison fact-set was provided, so we cannot position this district against its Idaho neighbors.
On Idaho's state assessments for the 2024-25 school year, math proficiency was generally low across the tested grade levels. The strongest result came in fourth grade, where roughly a third of tested students reached proficiency. Third grade was somewhat lower, and sixth and seventh grades fell below that. Eighth grade was weaker still. Fifth grade posted the lowest math proficiency rate, with only a small fraction of students meeting the standard. ELA results were more varied and generally stronger than math. Seventh grade stood out as the district's best result, with close to half of tested students proficient. Fifth, sixth, and eighth grades clustered in a moderate range. Third and fourth grade ELA results were suppressed for privacy reasons, so only a range is available, and a parent would need to contact the school directly for more detail. Science was tested only in fifth and eighth grade. Eighth grade showed roughly a quarter of students proficient, while fifth grade results were suppressed.
Average scale scores were not available for any subject or grade level, and participation rates were not reported. This limits the picture considerably, since proficiency rates alone do not tell a family how many students took the test or how the full distribution of scores looked. A parent may want to ask the district about participation and scale-score trends directly.
No multi-year trend data was available beyond the current year, so we cannot say whether these proficiency rates represent an improvement or a decline. The district brief search returned no parent-relevant changes or recent initiatives. No graduation rate was reported. No civil-rights data, course-access information, staffing figures, attendance data, or discipline data was available. Program offerings were not listed.
What a family has here is a virtual charter option in Idaho with a full K-12 grade span, a predominantly white student body, and state assessment results that show stronger reading performance than math, with seventh grade ELA being a particular bright spot. Math proficiency is a soft area across the board. Beyond that, the data is thin. Families considering this district would benefit from asking the school directly about its instructional model, support services, teacher qualifications, and how it serves students who need extra help, since those details did not appear in what was available to us.
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