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Cass Lake-bena Elementary

๐Ÿ“ 15 4th St Nw, Cass Lake, Cass County, 56633

478
Pupils
10.7
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Cass Lake-bena Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cass Lake, Cass County. The school has 478 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“4 in a rural setting. The school employs 44.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.7:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools

Enrollment & staffing

Cass Lake-bena Elementary enrolls 478 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“4. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 44.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.

Male students
259 (54%)
Female students
219 (46%)
Teachers (FTE)
44.6
Student-teacher ratio
10.7:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“4

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 66% Two or more races, 29% American Indian or Alaska Native and 2.5% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Two or more races31566%
American Indian or Alaska Native14129%
Hispanic or Latino122.5%
White102.1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

408 of the school's 478 students (85%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 380 qualify for free lunch and 28 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Rural, RemoteGrades Pre-Kโ€“4Title I

Cass Lake-bena Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MN-80, state senate district 5.

School district: CASS LAKE-BENA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Cass Lake-bena Elementary is one of 4 schools in CASS LAKE-BENA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, based in CASS LAKE, Minnesota. The district serves 1,119 students district-wide and employs 107 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 478 students, Cass Lake-bena Elementary is larger than the district average of about 280 students per school.

1,119
District students
4
Schools
107
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

27%
Reading proficient
27%
Math proficient
24%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Rural - Remote

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