Summary:
Idaho Virtual High School Inc. operates two high schools in Mountain Home, Idaho — Richard McKenna Charter School - Online (grades 9–12, 216 students) and Richard McKenna Charter School - Onsite (grades 7–12, 113 students) — and the district currently ranks 65th out of 101 Idaho districts with a 2-star rating. Despite sharing the same district and physical address, the two schools offer very different educational models and outcomes.
Richard McKenna Charter School - Onsite is the clear standout. It ranked 42nd out of 122 Idaho high schools (66th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026, outperforming state averages in English Language Arts (58.3 vs. 54.0) and Science (50.0 vs. 42.7), though it fell below the state average in Math (31.1 vs. 43.1). In contrast, Richard McKenna Charter School - Online ranked 114th out of 122 (7th percentile, 0 stars) and scored below state averages in every reported subject, with especially low end-of-course scores in Science (21.0) and ELA (38.4). The online school's rank has declined sharply from 44th in 2021–2022 to 114th today.
Resource differences align with these academic gaps. The onsite school spends $13,283 per student with a 15.8-to-1 student-teacher ratio, while the online school spends just $6,631 per student with a 35.3-to-1 ratio. Both schools report a suspiciously identical 82.5% graduation rate — likely a data reporting artifact — and the onsite school's 20.2% chronic absenteeism rate in 2024–2025 is worth monitoring despite its strong academics. Overall, the onsite campus is the stronger educational option, while the online school shows signs of needing significant intervention or a reassessment of its instructional model.
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