📍 15314 State 371 Nw, Cass Lake, Cass County, 56633
Cass Lake-bena Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Cass Lake, Cass County. The school has 305 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.0:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 7% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Cass Lake-bena Middle School enrolls 305 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% American Indian or Alaska Native, 13% Two or more races and 4.9% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 242 | 79% |
| Two or more races | 39 | 13% |
| White | 15 | 4.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 2.6% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
258 of the school's 305 students (85%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 232 qualify for free lunch and 26 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cass Lake-bena Middle School 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.
Cass Lake-bena Middle School 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 305 students, Cass Lake-bena Middle School is close to the district average of about 280 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote
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