The top reported proficiency rate is 51% in Science. The lowest is 46% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Woodland Middle School
Woodland Middle School sits in Coeur d'Alene, the largest city in North Idaho and the seat of Kootenai County. The city rests on the north shore of Lake Coeur d'Alene, and its economy has shifted over recent decades from logging toward tourism, retail, manufacturing, and services. The Coeur d'Alene Resort anchors the downtown waterfront, and the city sits a short drive east of Spokane, forming part of a bi-state regional corridor. Publicly reported growth has reshaped the area, with in-migration from other western states driving steady population increases. The downtown core is walkable along the lakefront, with parks like City Park and McEuen Park and the Tubbs Hill natural area giving residents direct lake access. Outer neighborhoods are more car-dependent, with Interstate 90 running through. North Idaho College sits near the historic downtown, and Kootenai Health serves as the regional medical center. Schools in the Coeur d'Alene School District are spread across residential neighborhoods rather than clustered on a single campus.
Woodland is a regular public middle school serving grades six through eight. Its enrollment is sizable for this grade band, with the largest cohort in eighth grade. The student body is predominantly white, with a Hispanic population making up the next largest share and a smaller group identifying as two or more races. Representation from other categories is minimal. Just under a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, a relatively modest level that points to a broadly middle-class enrollment base. Data on students with individualized education programs and English learners was not available, so those populations cannot be characterized here.
On state assessments, the picture is mixed and in some places incomplete. Sixth-grade math proficiency was reported at a level approaching half of tested students, a solid result for an Idaho middle school. Eighth-grade science was similarly reported, with just over half of tested students meeting the proficient-or-above threshold. These two reported figures give a reasonable sense that core instruction is producing steady results where data was disclosed.
Several other assessment results were reported only as ranges rather than point estimates, which limits what can be said with confidence. Seventh-grade math, eighth-grade math, and all three English language arts grade-level results fall into this category. The ranges are wide, so a parent would want to ask the school directly for current proficiency details rather than rely on the broad bounds available here. This kind of partial disclosure sometimes reflects state privacy rules tied to subgroup sizes, but the data does not specify a reason, so it should not be read as a weakness. A parent looking into Woodland would do well to request the school's most recent ISAT summary and ask how results break down by grade and subject.
Because Woodland serves only middle school grades, there is no graduation rate to report. College- and career-readiness indicators that apply to high schools do not apply here. The school carries no charter or magnet designation. Title I status was not available in the data provided. Information on course offerings, extracurricular programs, staffing ratios, attendance, and discipline was not included, so those dimensions cannot be described. A family evaluating Woodland should ask the school directly about electives, support services, and any advanced or intervention options at each grade level.
The housing market around Woodland reflects Coeur d'Alene's growth trajectory. Home values in the school's zip code sit above the Idaho state benchmark and well above the national benchmark, with modest year-over-year appreciation. Rents have risen more quickly than home prices in percentage terms. For a family considering buying, the estimated monthly mortgage on a typical home in this area exceeds the typical rent by a wide margin. Median household income has been rising nationally, and the local unemployment rate has held steady at a low level, but affordability relative to income remains stretched, as it does in much of the inland Northwest.
The district brief searched for recent parent-relevant changes but found little of lasting impact on record, so there is no specific district initiative or restructuring to flag. What a family gets at Woodland is a conventional public middle school in a growing resort-adjacent city, with steady reported proficiency where data was disclosed and enough gaps in the public assessment record that direct inquiry will matter more than usual.
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