Bemidji Area Learning Center
BEMIDJI · MN · Bemidji Public School District · Public · K-12 combined
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First City School → Bemidji Senior Lumberjack ALC → Voyageurs Expeditionary School → NORTH COUNTRY VOC. COOP. CTR. → TREKNORTH HIGH SCHOOL → CASS LAKE-BENA AREA LRNG. CNTR. → Laporte Secondary → Pine River-Backus ALP →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 24% (Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Bemidji Area Learning Center compares for families
What families should know about Bemidji Area Learning Center.
- ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: First City School, Bemidji Senior Lumberjack ALC, Voyageurs Expeditionary School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $16,778/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2023 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -6.7%/year, projecting from 2023's 54 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First City School BEMIDJI |
Public | 1.2 | 44 | — |
| Bemidji Senior Lumberjack ALC BEMIDJI |
Public | 0.0 | 85 | -28.0% |
| Voyageurs Expeditionary School BEMIDJI |
Public · charter | 3.5 | 83 | +59.6% |
| NORTH COUNTRY VOC. COOP. CTR. BEMIDJI |
Public | 3.6 | — | — |
| TREKNORTH HIGH SCHOOL BEMIDJI |
Public · charter | 2.1 | 144 | +4.3% |
| CASS LAKE-BENA AREA LRNG. CNTR. CASS LAKE |
Public | 16.1 | 84 | -6.7% |
| Laporte Secondary LAPORTE |
Public | 19.2 | 106 | +32.5% |
| Pine River-Backus ALP PINE RIVER |
Public | 56.4 | 57 | — |