Bemidji Middle

A high-enrollment middle-grades school in BEMIDJI, Minnesota, Bemidji Middle is part of Bemidji Public School District. It serves 967 students in grades 6 through 8. The average among middle schools in Minnesota is roughly 495 students; this school is 95% bigger than that.

Bemidji Public School District counts 14 schools and 4,722 students, including Bemidji Middle.

At 70%, White students outnumber all other groups at Bemidji Middle combined. Smaller groups are 24% Native American and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 71% White, within a few points of the school. By the diversity index, Bemidji Middle comes in at 45%.

Bemidji Middle counts 61.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.7 students for each one. Among middle schools in Minnesota, the typical ratio is 17.5:1. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 54% for public schools in Beltrami County.

Bemidji Middle is 1.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (42.4% versus 43.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Minnesota.

In the county around the school, Beltrami County, median household income is about $68,975, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. A total of 38 public schools operate in Beltrami County, serving about 8,088 students.

The nearest other public school, Bemidji Middle ALP, is less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Bemidji Middle is 1st of 4 nearby schools with test data.

By NCES locale, the school is Town: Remote, or in a town far from an urbanized area.

Enrollment was 1,126 in 2020-21 and 967 in 2024-25, a decrease of 159 students. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 23.5:1 to 15.7:1.

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