page_title: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho / Education
caption_attribution_description: English: Meyer Health &amp; Sciences Building at North Idaho College in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho in 2018
context_page_description: Coeur d'Alene is the largest city and county seat of Kootenai County, Idaho, United States. It is the principal city of the Coeur d'Alene Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2019, the United States Census Bureau estimated the city's population at 52,414. The city is a satellite city of Spokane, which is located about thirty miles to the west, in the state of Washington. The two cities are the key components of the Spokane–Coeur d'Alene combined statistical area, of which Coeur d'Alene is the third-largest city. Coeur d'Alene is the largest city in North Idaho. The city is situated on the north shore of the 25-mile long Lake Coeur d'Alene. Locally, Coeur d'Alene is known as the "Lake City," or simply called by its initials: "CDA."
  The city is named after the Coeur d'Alene People, a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans who lived along the rivers and lakes of the region, in a territory of 5,500 square miles extending into Washington and Montana. The origins of the city began with being a fort town; General William Tecumseh Sherman sited what became known as Fort Sherman on the north shore of Lake Coeur d'Alene in 1878.
context_section_description: Library services for the city of Coeur d’Alene are met by two public libraries, the Coeur d'alene Public Library in downtown and the Lake City Public Library near Lake City High School. The Community Library Network maintains seven libraries in the wider communities in Kootenai and Shoshone counties, including branches in Post Falls, Hayden, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake, Athol, and Harrison.
  The Coeur d'Alene School District#271 serves around 11,000 students in 18 schools which includes two traditional high schools (Couer d-Alene and Lake City), an alternative high school, three middle schools, eleven elementary schools, and a dropout retrieval school. District #271 students who qualify are also eligible for dual enrollment with North Idaho College and the University of Idaho. Also on offer in the district are magnet schools that focus on specific curricula such as the Sorensen Magnet School of the Arts and Humanities and Ramsey Magnet School of Science elementary schools and the Fernan STEM Academy, offering a STEM focus.
  The district is the sixth largest in the state and second largest employer in Kootenai County. Coeur d'Alene also has a charter school, the Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy.
  Post secondary education is fulfilled by North Idaho College, a public community college founded in 1933 in downtown Coeur d’Alene on the former site of Fort Sherman. The college has an enrollment of about 6,000 students and has outreach branches in Kellogg, Sandpoint, and Bonners Ferry, Idaho. The University of Idaho has a Coeur d’alene presence and has a research park in the area.
caption: Meyer Health & Sciences Building of North Idaho College
  in 2018
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