Enrollment
312
Middle
DISTRICT 280 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CASS LAKE-BENA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 270807003181
Cass Lake-Bena Middle School
15314 STATE 371 NW, CASS LAKE, MN 56633 · (218) 335-2203 · Cass County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL312 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Minnesota public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
243 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 88 | 28% |
| Grade 6 | 90 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 72 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 20% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Cass Lake-Bena Middle School→CASS LAKE-BENA SECONDARY
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
18.8%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
8.2%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
12.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.2%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cass Lake-Bena Middle School
Cass Lake-Bena Middle School's state test result (12.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cass Lake-Bena Middle School this school | 312 | 77.9% | 12.6% |
| Red Lake Middle School RED LAKE | 268 | 83.2% | 5.6% |
| WAUBUN ELEMENTARY WAUBUN | 162 | 69.1% | 23.9% |
| Trek North Middle School BEMIDJI | 109 | 67.0% | 24.3% |
| Browns Valley Middle BROWNS VALLEY | 77 | 68.8% | 40.1% |
| Sandburg Middle School GOLDEN VALLEY | 341 | 67.4% | 20.9% |
Matched among Minnesota middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cass Lake-Bena Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.6% | #234 of 245 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.2% | #238 of 245 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #235 of 245 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 312 | #183 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #4 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.0% | #210 of 216 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.9% | #25 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #64 of 129 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
312
-23 (-7%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 319
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 10.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 312 | 29.6 | 10.6:1 | 78% (243) |
| 2023-24 | 303 | 32.4 | 9.3:1 | 84% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 305 | 30.4 | 10.0:1 | 85% (258) |
| 2020-21 | 335 | 31 | 10.8:1 | 65% (219) |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 29.5 | 12.0:1 | 78% (277) |
| 2015-16 | 345 | 33 | 10.4:1 | 84% (289) |
| 2010-11 | 319 | 28 | 11.4:1 | 81% (259) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cass Lake-Bena Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (355 to 312); teachers unchanged (29.5 to 29.6).
About Cass Lake-Bena Middle School
Cass Lake-Bena Middle School serves students in CASS LAKE, Minnesota, as a small middle school. It reports enrollment of 312 students in grades 5 through 8. On average, middle schools in Minnesota enroll around 495, and this school is 37% below that mark.
CASS LAKE-BENA PUBLIC SCHOOLS counts 4 schools and 1,119 students, including Cass Lake-Bena Middle School.
By race and ethnicity, Cass Lake-Bena Middle School is 94% Native American. The next largest groups are 4% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 11%.
For every teacher at Cass Lake-Bena Middle School, there are about 10.6 students; the school has 29.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Minnesota is 17.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 243 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 78% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Cass County report 61%.
Cass Lake-Bena Middle School earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 3% of Minnesota public middle schools.
Cass Lake-Bena Middle School is 10.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (12.6% versus 23.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Minnesota.
In Cass County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $68,874 a year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Cass County number 21, with about 4,570 students.
CASS LAKE-BENA SECONDARY sits about 0.1 miles from Cass Lake-Bena Middle School. Cass Lake-Bena Middle School has 3 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 34.7%, higher than Cass Lake-Bena Middle School's 12.6%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.
Enrollment fell by 7% across 4 years, from 335 in 2020-21 to 312 in 2024-25.
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Cass County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,992
Census ACS
Median income
$68,874
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
4,570 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CASS LAKE-BENA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- CASS LAKE-BENA ELEMENTARYElementary · 450 students
- CASS LAKE-BENA SECONDARYHigh · 263 students
- CASS LAKE-BENA AREA LRNG. CNTR.High · 94 students
Other schools in CASS LAKE
- CASS LAKE-BENA ELEMENTARYElementary · 450 students
- CASS LAKE-BENA SECONDARYHigh · 263 students
- CASS LAKE-BENA AREA LRNG. CNTR.High · 94 students
Nearby schools
- CASS LAKE-BENA SECONDARY0.1 mi · 263
- CASS LAKE-BENA AREA LRNG. CNTR.1.6 mi · 94
- CASS LAKE-BENA ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 450
- Laporte Middle School12.1 mi · 80
- Laporte Elementary12.1 mi · 146
- Laporte Secondary12.1 mi · 106
Frequently asked questions
About Cass Lake-Bena Middle SchoolHow large is Cass Lake-Bena Middle School?
Cass Lake-Bena Middle School enrolls approximately 312 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Cass Lake-Bena Middle School serve?
Cass Lake-Bena Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Cass Lake-Bena Middle School have?
Cass Lake-Bena Middle School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
How diverse is Cass Lake-Bena Middle School?
Cass Lake-Bena Middle School reports a student body of 4% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Who oversees Cass Lake-Bena Middle School?
Cass Lake-Bena Middle School is overseen by CASS LAKE-BENA PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Cass County.
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