MULLAN TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in POST FALLS, Idaho, MULLAN TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized primary school, operated by POST FALLS DISTRICT. It educates 342 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 12 schools in POST FALLS DISTRICT (5,779 students total), MULLAN TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, MULLAN TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (88%) are White; the rest is composed of 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Kootenai County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, MULLAN TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting MULLAN TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Kootenai County indicate median household earnings sit near $81,861, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Kootenai County's 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,554 students), MULLAN TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

FREDERICK POST KINDER CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MULLAN TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 11%: 385 students in 2018 compared to 342 in 2025.

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