Bemidji Senior High

Bemidji Senior High is a high school of high-enrollment scale in BEMIDJI, Minnesota, run under Bemidji Public School District, educateing 1,537 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 314% above the state mean of about 371.

Bemidji Public School District comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 4,722 students; Bemidji Senior High is among them.

On the student-mix side, Bemidji Senior High shows that 73% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 21% Native American, 3% multiracial. Compared to Beltrami County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Bemidji Senior High reports 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.8:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Beltrami County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bemidji Senior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.1%; this one delivers 35.6%.

Around the school, Beltrami County reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,975 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Beltrami County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,088 students), of which Bemidji Senior High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bemidji Senior Lumberjack ALC, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bemidji Senior High.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bemidji Senior High has expanded 9%, going from 1,413 students in 2018 to 1,537 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 80% to 73%.

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