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Coeur d'Alene Public Schools
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District details
School board members: 5
Students: 10,107 (2022-2023)
Schools: 20 (2022-2023)
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Coeur d'Alene Public Schools is a school district in Idaho (Kootenai County). During the 2023 school year, 10,107 students attended one of the district's 20 schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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Coeur d'Alene Public Schools school board Zone 1

General election

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Incumbent Lisa May won election in the general election for Coeur d'Alene Public Schools school board Zone 1 on May 16, 2017.

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Coeur d'Alene Public Schools school board Zone 4

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Incumbent Dave Eubanks won election in the general election for Coeur d'Alene Public Schools school board Zone 4 on May 16, 2017.

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Coeur d'Alene Public Schools school board Zone 5

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Incumbent Tom Hearn won election in the general election for Coeur d'Alene Public Schools school board Zone 5 on May 16, 2017.

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Coeur d'Alene Public Schools school board Zone 2

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Incumbent Casey Morrisroe won election in the general election for Coeur d'Alene Public Schools school board Zone 2 on May 19, 2015.

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Coeur d'Alene Public Schools school board Zone 3

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Incumbent Tambra Pickford won election in the general election for Coeur d'Alene Public Schools school board Zone 3 on May 19, 2015.

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Election rules

 

Election dates and frequency

See also: Rules governing school board election dates and timing

School board general elections in Idaho are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November every two years in odd-numbered years for all districts with elections governed by state law rather than a district-specific charter. As of 2022, Boise School district was the only district holding elections on a schedule dictated by its charter on a different date than the date provided by state law.

Boise School District board general elections are held on the first Tuesday of September in even-numbered years. The charter of the Boise School District was established in 1881, and, according to the secretary of state, the Boise School District is exempt from state law in cases of conflict with the charter.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Idaho Statute Section 33-503
and Boise School District Charter Policy 1122

Recent or upcoming election dates for all public school districts in the state except the Boise School District

Below are the recent/upcoming dates for all public school districts in the state except the Boise School District. There may be exceptions to these dates for specific districts because of local charters and district-specific exceptions and carve-outs.

  • Filing deadline date: September 5, 2025
  • General election date: November 4, 2025
Recent or upcoming election dates for the Boise School District, according to its district-specific charter enacted in 1881 and, per the secretary of state, exempt from state law in the case of conflict with the charter

Below are the recent/upcoming dates for the Boise School District, according to its district-specific charter enacted in 1881 and, per the secretary of state, exempt from state law in the case of conflict with the charter. There may be exceptions to these dates for specific districts because of local charters and district-specific exceptions and carve-outs.

  • Filing deadline date: July 3, 2026
  • General election date: September 1, 2026

Election system

School board members in Idaho are elected through nonpartisan general elections without primaries.

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Party labels on the ballot

See also: Rules governing party labels in school board elections

School board elections in Idaho are nonpartisan, which means party labels do not appear on the ballot for school board candidates. Idaho Statute establishes that school board candidates qualify for the ballot according to the nonpartisan candidate nominating petition process, not through a primary election or political party nomination process. Idaho Statute states that school board candidate nomination petitions, "shall bear the name of the candidate, state the term for which declaration of candidacy is made, and bear the signature of not less than five (5) school district electors" and does not provide for party affiliation information.

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Winning an election

The school board candidates that receive the largest number of votes in the general election are elected to office.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Idaho Statute Section 33-503 and Boise School District Charter Policy 1120

Term length and staggering

School board members have four-year terms for all districts except the Boise School District.

The Boise School District board members serve six-year terms.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Idaho State Statue 33-501 and Boise School District Charter.3


Representation: at large vs. by sub-district

School districts in Idaho elect board members by trustee zones (sub-districts) unless they are one of the four districts as of 2022 that were governed by charter rather than statute or that had fewer than 140 registered voters and requested to hold at large elections. School board members must be electors of their district and must reside in the trustee zone they are seeking to represent. Voters within each trustee zone vote for their representative board members. The remaining school board members can appoint a member to fill a vacancy from the district at large if they are unable to appoint a trustee from the correct trustee zone after 90 days.

School districts in Idaho with board member elections governed at least partially by local charter rather than statute can elect school board members at large by voters from the entire district instead of by trustee areas. Districts with fewer than 140 registered voters can also request to have at-large elections as well, according to statute. As of 2022, four districts elected board members at large rather than by trustee areas: Boise School District, Emmett Independent School District, Lewiston Independent School District No. 1, and Three Creek School District #416.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Idaho State Statue 33-501, Boise School District Trustee Election Information, and Idaho State Statutes 34-1414 and Idaho State Statue 33-501, Boise School District Trustee Election Information, and Idaho State Statutes 34-1414

Filing deadlines and swearing-in dates

School board candidates in Idaho must file nomination petitions by 5:00 p.m. on the ninth Friday before the election, which means the filing deadline is in early September 60 days before the November odd-year election for all school districts except the Boise School District. Nominating petitions require signatures from five electors in the district.

Candidates for the Boise School District Board of Trustees must file nomination petitions by 5:00 p.m. on the ninth Friday before the September election, which means the filing deadline is in early July 60 days before the even-year election.

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State statute does not establish a date upon which school board candidates can begin to file nomination petitions or start to collect the required five signatures.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Idaho State Statue 34-1404

Newly elected school board members officially take office on the first day of January following their election according to statute.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Idaho State Statue 33-501

 


About the district

School board

Coeur d'Alene Public Schools consists of five members serving four-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members
NameYear assumed officeYear term ends
Jimmy McAndrew2027
Heather Tenbrink20212027
Allie Anderton2025
Lesli Bjerke2025
Rebecca Smith2025

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Overlapping state house districts

Coeur d'Alene Public Schools
Office NameCurrent OfficeholderParty% School District Covered% Other District Covered
Idaho House of Representatives District 2AHeather ScottRepublican Party 50% 3%
Idaho House of Representatives District 2BDale HawkinsRepublican Party 50% 3%
Idaho House of Representatives District 5BTony WisniewskiRepublican Party 30% 37%
Idaho House of Representatives District 5ARon MendiveRepublican Party 30% 37%
Idaho House of Representatives District 3AVito BarbieriRepublican Party 15% 21%
Idaho House of Representatives District 3BJordan RedmanRepublican Party 15% 21%
Idaho House of Representatives District 4AJoe AlfieriRepublican Party 6% 100%
Idaho House of Representatives District 4BElaine PriceRepublican Party 6% 100%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[1]

Revenue, 2020-2021
SOURCE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Federal: $15,572,000 $1,555 15%
Local: $29,795,000 $2,976 28%
State: $59,221,000 $5,916 57%
Total: $104,588,000 $10,447
Expenditures, 2020-2021
TYPE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Total Expenditures: $102,205,000 $10,209
Total Current Expenditures: $98,393,000 $9,828
Instructional Expenditures: $60,140,000 $6,007 59%
Student and Staff Support: $10,526,000 $1,051 10%
Administration: $12,733,000 $1,271 12%
Operations, Food Service, Other: $14,994,000 $1,497 15%
Total Capital Outlay: $1,237,000 $123
Construction: $306,000 $30
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other: $907,000 $90
Interest on Debt: $1,668,000 $166

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."[2]

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 44 50-59 21-39 29 11-19 35-39 46
2018-2019 50 60-69 11-19 39 30-39 45-49 52
2017-2018 50 50-59 11-19 40 20-29 45-49 52
2016-2017 52 60-64 30-39 40 30-39 40-44 53
2015-2016 51 50-54 30-39 38 20-29 40-44 52
2014-2015 47 50-54 30-39 40 15-19 40-44 48
2013-2014 65-69 PS PS PS PS 65-69
2012-2013 88 90-94 70-79 85 70-79 85-89 88
2011-2012 88 90-94 70-79 85-89 70-74 80-89 88
2010-2011 86 85-89 70-74 >=80 70-74 >=80 87

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 60 70-79 40-59 49 40-49 55-59 62
2018-2019 62 80-89 20-29 52 30-39 55-59 63
2017-2018 63 70-79 30-39 55 50-59 60-64 64
2016-2017 62 65-69 30-39 52 40-49 55-59 63
2015-2016 62 65-69 30-39 54 30-39 60-64 64
2014-2015 60 60-64 40-49 57 30-34 55-59 61
2013-2014 75-79 PS PS PS PS PS 70-74
2012-2013 94 90-94 80-89 93 80-89 90-94 94
2011-2012 94 90-94 80-89 90-94 85-89 >=90 94
2010-2011 93 90-94 85-89 >=80 80-84 >=80 93

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2019-2020 92 >=80 PS 90-94 PS >=80 92
2018-2019 91 >=50 PS 80-89 >=50 >=80 91
2017-2018 88 >=50 PS >=90 PS 60-79 88
2016-2017 87 >=50 PS 80-89 >=50 >=80 87
2015-2016 88 >=80 >=50 80-89 >=50 >=80 89
2014-2015 85 >=50 >=50 80-89 PS >=50 86
2013-2014 87 >=50 >=50 60-79 <50 >=50 88

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[3]

Year Enrollment Year-to-year change (%)
2022-2023 10,107 -0.6
2021-2022 10,172 1.6
2020-2021 10,011 -10.0
2019-2020 11,017 -0.1
2018-2019 11,029 2.7
2017-2018 10,732 0.8
2016-2017 10,651 0.0
2015-2016 10,650 1.8
2014-2015 10,459 -10.7
2013-2014 11,577 6.0
2012-2013 10,878 1.9
2011-2012 10,673 -0.4
2010-2011 10,720 -0.1
2009-2010 10,730 -0.8
2008-2009 10,815 0.1
2007-2008 10,805 1.5
2006-2007 10,646 2.8
2005-2006 10,346 2.4
2004-2005 10,096 3.1
2003-2004 9,781 2.9
2002-2003 9,499 1.8
2001-2002 9,326 -0.9
2000-2001 9,406 1.4
1999-2000 9,272 0.0
Racial Demographics, 2022-2023
RACE Coeur d'Alene Public Schools (%) Idaho K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native 0.6 1.0
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander 0.7 1.1
Black 0.5 1.1
Hispanic 8.3 19.3
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.2 0.3
Two or More Races 5.1 3.4
White 84.7 73.8

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[4]

As of the 2022-2023 school year, Coeur d'Alene Public Schools had 588.80 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 17.17.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten: 7.00
Kindergarten: 31.50
Elementary: 287.01
Secondary: 263.29
Total: 588.80

Coeur d'Alene Public Schools employed 2.00 district administrators and 32.54 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.

Administrators, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators: 2.00
District Administrative Support: 16.95
School Administrators: 32.54
School Administrative Support: 49.39
Other staff, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides: 92.43
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors: 8.00
Total Guidance Counselors: 26.07
Elementary Guidance Counselors: 0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors: 0.00
Librarians/Media Specialists: 0.50
Library/Media Support: 8.38
Student Support Services: 34.91
Other Support Services: 180.91

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[5]

Coeur d'Alene Public Schools operates 20 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.
List of schools
SCHOOL NAMENUMBER OF STUDENTSGRADES
Atlas Elementary School438KG-5
Borah Elementary School307KG-5
Bryan Elementary School308PK-5
Canfield Middle School7466-8
Cda Juvenile Detention Center74-12
Coeur D'Alene Early Childhood Lerning Center70PK-PK
Coeur D'Alene High School1,5489-12
Coeur D'Alene Virtual Acadmey117KG-12
Dalton Elementary School385PK-5
Fernan Stem Academy331KG-5
Hayden Meadows Elementary School521PK-5
Lake City High School1,5399-12
Lakes Magnet School5936-8
Northwest Expedition Academy432PK-5
Ramsey Magnet School Of Science483PK-5
Skyway Elementary School592PK-5
Sorensen Magnet School Of The Arts And Humanities314PK-5
Venture High School1558-12
Winton Elementary School400PK-5
Woodland Middle School8216-8

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    • Footnotes

    1. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
    2. ↑ U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: EDFacts, "State Assessments in Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics- School Year 2018-19 EDFacts Data Documentation," accessed February 25, 2021
    3. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
    4. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
    5. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
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