HAYDEN MEADOWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a sizable elementary school in HAYDEN LAKE, Idaho, HAYDEN MEADOWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls 502 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT. By comparison, Idaho's public schools average about 332 students each, so HAYDEN MEADOWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 51% larger than that benchmark.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, HAYDEN MEADOWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. Compared to Kootenai County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.6:1. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 22% of students at HAYDEN MEADOWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Kootenai County (around 34%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Zooming out to the county, Kootenai County reports that the typical household earns roughly $81,861 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HAYDEN MEADOWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 54 public schools in Kootenai County (combined enrollment of about 23,554 students).

Nearest neighbor: NORTHWEST EXPEDITION ACADEMY, around 2.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

HAYDEN MEADOWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 6%: 536 students in 2018 compared to 502 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 in 2025.

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