Enrollment
133
Elementary
STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AURORA WAASAKONE COMMUNITY OF LEARN·NCES 270045505196
Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn
3604 BEMIDJI AVE N, BEMIDJI, MN 56601 · (218) 444-3077 · Beltrami County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY33-TOWNCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL133 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
13 FTE teachers
STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
73 students
STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 12 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 9 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 10 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 17 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 19 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 12 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 12 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (12) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (12).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
30.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
15.6%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn
Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn's state test result (23.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn this school | 133 | 54.9% | 23.0% |
| Tower-Soudan Elementary TOWER | 95 | 58.9% | 35.9% |
| Browns Valley Elementary BROWNS VALLEY | 128 | 67.2% | 40.1% |
| Paul Bunyan Center BEMIDJI | 118 | 66.1% | N/A |
| Appleton-Milan Elementary APPLETON | 230 | 61.7% | 34.4% |
| CEDAR MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY FRANKLIN | 171 | 55.0% | 51.5% |
Matched among Minnesota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Beltrami County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #730 of 844 | #9 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #784 of 844 | #10 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #702 of 844 | #9 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 133 | #885 of 1,130 | #13 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.9% | #274 of 942 | #9 of 15 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
133
+29 (+28%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 11.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 133 | 13.5 | 9.9:1 | 55% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 141 | 12.8 | 11.0:1 | 67% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 125 | 12.4 | 10.1:1 | 60% (75) |
| 2020-21 | 104 | 9 | 11.6:1 | 51% (53) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn.
About Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn
Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn is a very small elementary school in Minnesota, located in BEMIDJI. Its enrollment is 133 students, spread over kindergarten through 8. Elementary schools in Minnesota average about 344 students, which makes this school 61% below average.
Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
No group is above 50% at Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn; the largest is Native American, at 47%. The rest of enrollment is 42% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. The diversity index for Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn is 60%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn comes to 13.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 9.9:1. Elementary schools in Minnesota average 13.7:1, 3.8 more students per teacher than here. Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn counts 55% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Beltrami County is similar, at 54%.
On the allk12 Grade, Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn lands at D, ahead of 6% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn is -12.6 points, in the bottom 10% of Minnesota. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 23.0%, and the predicted rate is 35.6%.
Census data for Beltrami County show median household income comes to about $68,975, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 38 public schools and about 8,088 students.
Of the public schools around it, Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn is closest to Voyageurs Expeditionary School, about 0.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn is 4th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The NCES locale for Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn is Town: Remote, which covers schools in a town far from an urbanized area. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
From 104 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 133 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 9.9:1, from 11.6:1.
On allk12, people connected to Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Beltrami County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,512
Census ACS
Median income
$68,975
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
8,088 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BEMIDJI
- Bemidji Senior HighHigh · 1,537 students
- Bemidji MiddleMiddle · 967 students
- Gene Dillon Elementary SchoolElementary · 667 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 320 students
- Horace May ElementaryElementary · 300 students
- Northern ElementaryElementary · 282 students
Nearby schools
- Voyageurs Expeditionary School0.1 mi · 83
- Voyageurs Expeditionary MS0.1 mi · 44
- J.W. Smith Elementary1.2 mi · 238
- TREKNORTH HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 144
- Trek North Middle School1.4 mi · 109
- Oshki Manidoo Center1.9 mi · 4
Frequently asked questions
About Aurora Waasakone Community of LearnHow many students attend Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn?
Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn enrolls approximately 133 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn serve?
Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn?
Approximately 9.9:1 students per teacher at Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn.
How diverse is Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn?
Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn reports a student body of 42% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn public or private?
Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.