FERNAN STEM ACADEMY

FERNAN STEM ACADEMY is one of the reasonably sized elementary schools in COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, operated by COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, with 356 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Within COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, which oversees 19 schools and 9,915 students, FERNAN STEM ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, FERNAN STEM ACADEMY logs that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting FERNAN STEM ACADEMY tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Kootenai County shows the typical household earns roughly $81,861 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Kootenai County's 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,554 students), FERNAN STEM ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LAKES MAGNET SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. FERNAN STEM ACADEMY's enrollment has decreased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 380 (now 356). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 88% to 79%.

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