NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools ID

Best-Resourced Schools in Sandpoint, ID

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9 public K-12 schools in Sandpoint from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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9
Schools
2,856
Students
42.6/100
Avg Resource Index
12.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Sandpoint has more public-school enrollment than 26% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Sandpoint High School enrolls 35.0% of Sandpoint's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

6 of Sandpoint's 9 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Sandpoint lists only 9 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 1 to 1,000 students, a 1000-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 74%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
59th percentile
Teacher staffing
85th percentile

Sandpoint High School accounts for 35.0% of all Sandpoint public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Sandpoint-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Sandpoint school enrollment varies 1000× across entities

Sandpoint school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 1,000 students (highest), a spread of 999 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Sandpoint student-teacher ratio is 12.4:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Sandpoint's 9 listed schools are charters

11% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Sandpoint Juvenile Detention 63
2. Lake Pend Oreille High School 60
3. Lposd Home School Academy 57
4. Northside Elementary School 55
5. Sandpoint High School 37
6. Sandpoint Middle School 36
7. Forrest M Bird Charter School 27
8. Washington Elementary School 26
9. Farmin Stidwell Elementary School 22

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Sandpoint

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Lake Pend Oreille High School 35.8/100
  2. 2 Forrest M Bird Charter School 28.6/100
  3. 3 Farmin Stidwell Elementary School 27.5/100
  4. 4 Washington Elementary School 25.6/100
  5. 5 Sandpoint Middle School 25.5/100

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Which Sandpoint school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Sandpoint Juvenile Detention has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Sandpoint schools in this federal-data comparison at 63/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Sandpoint, ID? ▼

Sandpoint has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,856 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.4:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.