Bdote Learning Center

Set in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Bdote Learning Center is a very small primary school, part of Bdote Learning Center. It educates 65 students across grades K through 8. That puts it 81% below the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Bdote Learning Center sits inside Bdote Learning Center, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Bdote Learning Center logs that nearly all students (82%) are Native American. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at Bdote Learning Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hennepin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Hennepin County put median household earnings sit near $97,653, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which Bdote Learning Center is one.

The closest other public school is Anishinabe Academy Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Bdote Learning Center operates from a high-density location. As a public charter, Bdote Learning Center runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 19%: 80 students in 2018 compared to 65 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 8.9:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

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