About Lake Pend Oreille School District
Lake Pend Oreille School District is a public school system serving Bonner County, Idaho, based in Ponderay. It serves 3,653 students across 13 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a town: distant district. By enrollment it is the #24 largest of Idaho’s 188 school systems.
Size and structure
Lake Pend Oreille School District enrolls 3,653 students in 13 schools — an average of about 281 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #24 of 188 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Lake Pend Oreille School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (3,653 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Lake Pend Oreille School District employs about 216 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 16.9:1 — below the Idaho average of about 17.7:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 443.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Idaho funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Lake Pend Oreille School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Idaho reports school and district results on the Idaho Report Card: state assessment results (ISAT, IRI), enrollment and demographics, chronic absenteeism, college-and-career readiness and achievement/growth indicators, with side-by-side comparisons. Look up Lake Pend Oreille School District at the Idaho Report Card.
Accreditation status
Most Idaho districts are accredited through Cognia; State Board rule requires schools serving grades 9–12 to be accredited by the Northwest Accreditation Commission (a division of Cognia). Look up Lake Pend Oreille School District in the free Cognia registry.
Lake Pend Oreille School District vs. Idaho
See every Idaho district side by side in the Idaho directory.
Look up Lake Pend Oreille School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):