NORTHWEST EXPEDITION ACADEMY

Set in HAYDEN, Idaho, NORTHWEST EXPEDITION ACADEMY is a reasonably sized elementary campus, part of COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT. It enrolls 379 students across grades pre-K through 5.

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

Demographically, NORTHWEST EXPEDITION ACADEMY logs that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting NORTHWEST EXPEDITION ACADEMY tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Kootenai County's rate of about 34%.

In the broader community, census data for Kootenai County shows median household earnings sit near $81,861, 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), NORTHWEST EXPEDITION ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SKYWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. NORTHWEST EXPEDITION ACADEMY's enrollment has climbed 39% since 2018, when it stood at 272 (now 379). The White share of enrollment contracted from 89% to 81% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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