Coeur d'Alene School District honors 1,942 students for spring grades

Coeur d’Alene Public Schools recognized 1,942 students from Coeur d’Alene High School, Lake City High School and Venture Academy for spring 2026 honor-roll status, turning a routine grade report into a public celebration of academic excellence. The district posted the announcement on June 23, and the total included 490 students in Highest Honors, 804 in High Honors and 648 in Honors.

The district grouped students into three GPA tiers for the 2025-2026 school year: Highest Honors for GPAs from 4.00 to 5.00, High Honors for 3.50 to 3.99, and Honors for 3.00 to 3.49. That structure made the recognition more than a names-only list. It showed how many students reached each benchmark and made the school system’s academic expectations visible across three campuses in Coeur d’Alene.

Coeur d’Alene High School’s list underscored that the recognition reached both graduating seniors and younger students. The school’s Highest Honors section included the Class of 2026 and 11th graders, a sign that the district was highlighting sustained performance as students moved toward graduation and as underclassmen built records for college and scholarship applications. The announcement landed near the end of the school year, after graduation-related events were already part of the June calendar at Coeur d’Alene High School, including senior information at Viking Stadium on June 5.

The district described the students as showing academic excellence, and the scale of the list gave families a concrete milestone at the close of the year. In North Idaho, where late June often brings graduation photos, summer schedules and the first look back at the school year that just ended, the honor roll gave Coeur d’Alene Public Schools a clear way to point to student achievement. It also showed that academic recognition remained a districtwide priority at a time when schools often draw attention for budgets, policies or controversy instead of the day-to-day work of student success.