BORAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a moderately sized elementary-level community in COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, BORAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL hosts 306 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT.

Within COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, which oversees 19 schools and 9,915 students, BORAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, BORAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 79% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

On the resource side, On paper, BORAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kootenai County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Kootenai County) records that median household earnings sit near $81,861, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Kootenai County's 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,554 students), BORAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

COEUR D'ALENE EARLY CHILDHOOD LERNING CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at BORAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 25%, going from 410 students in 2018 to 306 in 2024. The White share of enrollment shrank from 84% to 79% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

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