Cass Lake-Bena Area Lrng. Cntr.
Cass Lake · MN · CASS LAKE-BENA PUBLIC SCHOOLS · Public · K-12 combined
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Voyageurs Expeditionary School → Bemidji Senior Lumberjack ALC → Laporte Secondary → Bemidji Area Learning Center → CASS LAKE-BENA SECONDARY → TREKNORTH HIGH SCHOOL → First City School → NORTH COUNTRY VOC. COOP. CTR. →At a glance
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
- 4-yr grad rate: 34% in 2019 (Bottom 7% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How Cass Lake-Bena Area Lrng. Cntr. compares for families
What families should know about Cass Lake-Bena Area Lrng. Cntr..
- ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Voyageurs Expeditionary School, Bemidji Senior Lumberjack ALC, Laporte Secondary 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 7% 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.
Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
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.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -1.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 94 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voyageurs Expeditionary School BEMIDJI |
Public · charter | 15.3 | 83 | +59.6% |
| Bemidji Senior Lumberjack ALC BEMIDJI |
Public | 16.1 | 85 | -28.0% |
| Laporte Secondary LAPORTE |
Public | 13.6 | 106 | +32.5% |
| Bemidji Area Learning Center BEMIDJI |
Public | 16.1 | 54 | -12.9% |
| CASS LAKE-BENA SECONDARY CASS LAKE |
Public | 1.7 | 263 | -10.2% |
| TREKNORTH HIGH SCHOOL BEMIDJI |
Public · charter | 15.9 | 144 | +4.3% |
| First City School BEMIDJI |
Public | 15.6 | 44 | — |
| NORTH COUNTRY VOC. COOP. CTR. BEMIDJI |
Public | 15.3 | — | — |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantCass Lake-Bena Area Lrng. Cntr. is a public high school in Cass Lake, MN, enrolling 94 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 34% in the latest EDFacts release.
It has about 94 students per school counselor.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
What is Cass Lake-Bena Area Lrng. Cntr.'s graduation rate? Cass Lake-Bena Area Lrng. Cntr.'s federal four-year graduation rate was about 34% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend Cass Lake-Bena Area Lrng. Cntr.? Cass Lake-Bena Area Lrng. Cntr. is a public high school in Cass Lake, MN, enrolling 94 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.
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