ATLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ATLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary campus in HAYDEN LAKE, Idaho, operated by COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT. The school caters to 414 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 332 students per school, that is 25% above typical.

Across the 19 schools in COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT (9,915 students total), ATLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, ATLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, ATLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Kootenai County) reports that median household earnings sit near $81,861, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. ATLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 54 public schools in Kootenai County (combined enrollment of about 23,554 students).

NORTHWEST EXPEDITION ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

ATLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. ATLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 32% since 2018, when it stood at 606 (now 414). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 89% to 83%. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 in 2025.

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