TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a modestly sized K-5 school in RATHDRUM, Idaho, TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL caters to 272 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by LAKELAND DISTRICT.

LAKELAND DISTRICT runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 4,568 students. TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Kootenai County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Kootenai County's rate of about 34%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Kootenai County shows median household income runs about $81,861, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Kootenai County's 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,554 students), TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: GARWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 3.0 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 16%, going from 325 students in 2018 to 272 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 3% to 8%. Class-load math has fell: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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