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Post Falls School District 273

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Post Falls School District 273 is located in northwest Idaho. Post Falls School District 273 has 59.99 square miles of land area and 0.88 square miles of water area. As of 2010, the total Post Falls School District 273 population is 36,257. Post Falls School District 273 median household income is $46,986 in 2006-2010. Post Falls School District 273 median house value is $199,300 in 2006-2010. On average, Post Falls School District 273 is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (40 out of 107, top 37%) Elementary/Middle School: (39 out of 108, top 36%)* Rank: #68
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	11
Population	36,257 (2010), rank #10
Population Growth	5.32% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	595.65/sq mi, rank #3
Median Household Income:	$46,986 at 2006-2010—-1.29% increase since 2005-2009, rank #29
Median House Price:	$199,300 at 2006-2010—1.63% increase since 2005-2009, rank #18
Time Zone:	Pacific GMT -8:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	59.99 sq mi, rank #111
Water Area:	0.88 sq mi (1.45%), rank #88
State:	Idaho
County:	Kootenai County
City:	Post Falls, Coeur D Alene, State Line
Zip:	83854, 83814, 83815
Area:	Coeur d'Alene, ID

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Post Falls School District 273 Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

206 West Mullan Ave

Post Falls ID, 83877, Kootenai County

Phone: 208-773-1658

Students and Teachers

	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	5,581	5,533	5,415
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0
Total Teachers:	280.15	277.40	272.20
Prekindergarten:	2.50	2.50	2.00
Kindergarten:	11.00	11.00	12.50
Elementary:	135.92	133.90	126.20
Secondary:	130.73	130.00	131.50
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	228.34	234.80	229.50
Instructional Aides:	70.97	76.10	72.60
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	2.00	3.00	3.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	13.50	13.50	12.50
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	7.50	7.00	4.50
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	6.00	6.50	8.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.00	3.00	3.00
Library/Media Support:	3.48	3.60	3.40
District Administrators:	2.00	2.00	2.00
District Administrative Support:	7.81	7.80	8.30
School Administrators:	14.08	14.10	13.10
School Administrative Support:	12.57	10.80	9.90
Student Support Services:	14.70	14.90	14.30
Other Support Services:	84.23	86.00	87.40
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.92	19.95	19.89

Schools

Frederick Post Kinder Center	Kindergarten to Kindergarten	205 West Mullan, Post Falls ID 83877
Mullan Trail Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	300 Cherry St, Post Falls ID 83877
New Vision Alternative	Grade 9 to Grade 12	205 West Mullan, Post Falls ID 83877
Ponderosa Elementary School	Grade 1 to Grade 5	3483 East Ponderosa Blvd, Post Falls ID 83877
Post Falls High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	2832 East Poleline Rd, Post Falls ID 83877
Post Falls Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	301 East 16th Ave, Post Falls ID 83877
Prairie View Elementary	Grade 1 to Grade 5	2478 East Poleline Ave, Post Falls ID 83877
River City Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	2832 East Poleline Rd, Post Falls ID 83877
Seltice Elementary School	Grade 1 to Grade 5	1100 North Chase, Post Falls ID 83877
West Ridge Elementary School	Grade 1 to Grade 5	1758 North Clark Fork Parkway, Post Falls ID 83854

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ISAT Test
2008	Language Usage	10th Grade	% met std	74.4%	68.8%
2009	Language Usage	10th Grade	% met std	35.7%	40.7%
2010	Language Usage	10th Grade	% met std	70%	71.5%
2011	Language Usage	10th Grade	% met std	74.1%	72.6%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	81.2%	76.7%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	35.5%	44%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	72.3%	76.8%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	82%	78.5%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	89%	85.7%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	53.9%	58.5%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	85.1%	86.4%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90%	87.2%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	76.3%	66.9%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	67.4%	68.6%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	71.5%	67.9%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	79.3%	69.3%
2008	Language Usage	11th Grade	% met std	28.6%	21.8%
2009	Language Usage	11th Grade	% met std	24%	26%
2010	Language Usage	11th Grade	% met std	73.5%	31.3%
2011	Language Usage	11th Grade	% met std	51.6%	26.4%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	28%	25.2%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	18.9%	23%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.9%	31.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.2%	28.6%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	35.3%	38.4%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.9%	40.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.6%	37.9%
2010	Language Usage	12th Grade	% met std	27.8%	31.2%
2010	Math	12th Grade	% met std	15.8%	27.8%
2008	Language Usage	3rd Grade	% met std	79.8%	70%
2009	Language Usage	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	73.3%
2010	Language Usage	3rd Grade	% met std	79.2%	73.1%
2011	Language Usage	3rd Grade	% met std	80.2%	73.7%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.5%	87.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.3%	86.6%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.3%	87.7%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.3%	88.6%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.2%	82.7%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.3%	86.8%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.3%	88.9%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.5%	89.2%
2008	Language Usage	4th Grade	% met std	80.3%	77.6%
2009	Language Usage	4th Grade	% met std	89.3%	80.4%
2010	Language Usage	4th Grade	% met std	83%	81.9%
2011	Language Usage	4th Grade	% met std	89.1%	81.1%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.4%	84.2%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.3%	85.6%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.8%	83.4%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.4%	82.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.4%	86.3%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.8%	86.2%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.9%	86.7%
2008	Language Usage	5th Grade	% met std	80.5%	74.2%
2009	Language Usage	5th Grade	% met std	86.4%	77.2%
2010	Language Usage	5th Grade	% met std	84.9%	77.2%
2011	Language Usage	5th Grade	% met std	81.7%	78.7%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77%	78%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.2%	77.9%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.2%	79.8%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.4%	80.9%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.1%	84.3%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.2%	86.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94.1%	88%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.5%	88.1%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	66.3%	60.1%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76.4%	66.4%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	75.2%	64.9%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73.8%	67.4%
2008	Language Usage	6th Grade	% met std	69.6%	71.7%
2009	Language Usage	6th Grade	% met std	75.8%	73.7%
2010	Language Usage	6th Grade	% met std	83.9%	75.1%
2011	Language Usage	6th Grade	% met std	77.1%	75.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73%	77.1%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.6%	78.2%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.1%	79.2%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.3%	77.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.9%	81.6%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.7%	85.7%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.2%	85.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90.1%	88.4%
2008	Language Usage	7th Grade	% met std	63.2%	69%
2009	Language Usage	7th Grade	% met std	69.6%	71.3%
2010	Language Usage	7th Grade	% met std	70.6%	73.5%
2011	Language Usage	7th Grade	% met std	75%	73.5%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.9%	74.8%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.8%	75.2%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.7%	75.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.3%	74.5%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.1%	80.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.1%	85.3%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.9%	87.4%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.9%	87.7%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	51.5%	51%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	56.6%	55.8%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	51.4%	53.7%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	55.7%	57.2%
2008	Language Usage	8th Grade	% met std	60.7%	66.6%
2009	Language Usage	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	71.5%
2010	Language Usage	8th Grade	% met std	72.4%	71.8%
2011	Language Usage	8th Grade	% met std	68.4%	71.2%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.6%	78.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.8%	78.4%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.9%	79.9%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.2%	79.5%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.6%	88.4%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.8%	91.4%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.4%	91.3%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.8%	92.6%
2010	Language Usage	9th Grade	% met std	61.9%	63.3%
2011	Language Usage	9th Grade	% met std	59.9%	62.8%
2010	Math	9th Grade	% met std	68.7%	69.9%
2011	Math	9th Grade	% met std	68.3%	69.5%
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	81.5%	80.8%
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	82.9%	81%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2009			2008			2007
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$39,521,000	$7,143		$38,323,000	$7,077		$36,186,000	$6,840
Federal:	$3,810,000	$689	9.6%	$3,622,000	$669	9.5%	$3,462,000	$654	9.6%
State:	$27,960,000	$5,053	70.7%	$26,709,000	$4,932	69.7%	$24,987,000	$4,723	69.1%
Local:	$7,751,000	$1,401	19.6%	$7,992,000	$1,476	20.9%	$7,737,000	$1,463	21.4%
Total Expenditures:	$36,951,000	$6,678		$34,487,000	$6,369		$35,169,000	$6,648
Total Current Expenditures:	$34,821,000	$6,293		$32,702,000	$6,039		$31,124,000	$5,884
Instructional Expenditures:	$23,412,000	$4,231	67.2%	$22,129,000	$4,087	67.7%	$21,111,000	$3,991	67.8%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,263,000	$409	6.5%	$2,144,000	$396	6.6%	$1,920,000	$363	6.2%
Administration:	$2,600,000	$470	7.5%	$2,396,000	$442	7.3%	$2,274,000	$430	7.3%
Operations, Food, Other:	$6,546,000	$1,183	18.8%	$6,033,000	$1,114	18.4%	$5,819,000	$1,100	18.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,026,000	$185		$565,000	$104		$2,958,000	$559
Construction:	$479,000	$87		$185,000	$34		$2,743,000	$519
Total Other:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$1,104,000	$200		$1,220,000	$225		$1,087,000	$205

Total Salary:	$22,182,000	$4,009		$20,889,000	$3,858		$19,968,000	$3,775
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$16,379,000	$2,960	73.8%	$15,504,000	$2,863	74.2%	$14,837,000	$2,805	74.3%
Other Salary:	$5,803,000	$1,049	26.2%	$5,385,000	$994	25.8%	$5,131,000	$970	25.7%
Total Benefit:	$7,503,000	$1,356		$7,245,000	$1,338		$7,165,000	$1,354
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$5,470,000	$989	72.9%	$5,268,000	$973	72.7%	$5,257,000	$994	73.4%
Other Benefit:	$2,033,000	$367	27.1%	$1,977,000	$365	27.3%	$1,908,000	$361	26.6%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	79.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	20.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	26.4%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	16.9%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	26.8%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	22.8%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	7.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,629.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,035.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$40,270.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$49,392.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$53,735.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$54,590.0

* Post Falls School District 273 was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.