Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn

Located at 3604 BEMIDJI AVE N, in BEMIDJI, Minnesota, Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn is a minimally staffed elementary campus that works with 133 students (grades K through 8), part of Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn sits 61% smaller than that benchmark.

Operationally, Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn answers to Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn reports that the largest single group is Native American at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 42% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.9:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 35.6%; this one comes in at 23.0%, -12.6 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Beltrami County shows median household income runs about $68,975, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn is one of 38 public schools in Beltrami County (combined enrollment of about 8,088 students).

The closest other public school is Voyageurs Expeditionary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 25.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area. Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.