SPIRIT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SPIRIT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary-level community in SPIRIT LAKE, Idaho, overseen by LAKELAND DISTRICT. The school educates 290 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within LAKELAND DISTRICT, which oversees 11 schools and 4,568 students, SPIRIT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, SPIRIT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%); the rest looks like 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, SPIRIT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the area at large, Kootenai County reports that median household income runs about $81,861, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Kootenai County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,554 students), of which SPIRIT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: TIMBERLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SPIRIT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged down 13%, going from 332 students in 2018 to 290 in 2025.

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