CASS LAKE-BENA ELEMENTARY

Set in CASS LAKE, Minnesota, CASS LAKE-BENA ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized K-5 school, one of the schools within CASS LAKE-BENA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. It works with 450 students across grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so CASS LAKE-BENA ELEMENTARY sits 31% larger than that benchmark.

CASS LAKE-BENA ELEMENTARY is one of 4 schools operated by CASS LAKE-BENA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that educates 1,119 students overall.

In terms of who attends, CASS LAKE-BENA ELEMENTARY shows that 94% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority. Beyond that, the school records 2% White.

Looking at the economic backdrop, CASS LAKE-BENA ELEMENTARY shows 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting CASS LAKE-BENA ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 85% of students at CASS LAKE-BENA ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cass County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CASS LAKE-BENA ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 19.2%; this one delivers 29.1%.

Across the wider county, Cass County reports that median household income runs about $68,874, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Cass County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,570 students), CASS LAKE-BENA ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CASS LAKE-BENA AREA LRNG. CNTR., around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around CASS LAKE-BENA ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CASS LAKE-BENA ELEMENTARY at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 32.3%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 16%: 534 students in 2018 compared to 450 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

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