This mirrors how the state and federal government report the data, but these standard categories can also limit what we truly learn about Idaho’s students. Here’s the reality:Even in the lowest-performing districts, white students make up 65% of enrollment. So, the idea that schools are underperforming because they have “fewer white students” is misleading. That is inaccurate, harmful, and deeply unfair to the students and families working hard every day in Idaho’s schools. If we want to tell the truth about Idaho’s students, we must stop treating whiteness as a stand-in for success and instead focus on the structural barriers that hold kids back, no matter their race.