Endazhi-Nitaawiging

Endazhi-Nitaawiging is a primary school of micro-enrollment scale in RED LAKE, Minnesota, overseen by Endazhi-Nitaawiging, works with 113 students in grades K through 7. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so Endazhi-Nitaawiging sits 67% smaller than that benchmark.

Endazhi-Nitaawiging is the operating authority for Endazhi-Nitaawiging, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

In terms of who attends, Endazhi-Nitaawiging records that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (97%).

Looking at school resources, Endazhi-Nitaawiging reports 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Endazhi-Nitaawiging higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 79% of students at Endazhi-Nitaawiging qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Beltrami County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Endazhi-Nitaawiging sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 22.7%; actual is 7.9%, a gap of -14.8 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Beltrami County shows median household income runs about $68,975, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Endazhi-Nitaawiging is one of 38 public schools in Beltrami County (combined enrollment of about 8,088 students).

The closest other public school is RED LAKE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Endazhi-Nitaawiging comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 7.6%.

Endazhi-Nitaawiging operates from a countryside location. As a public charter, Endazhi-Nitaawiging runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Endazhi-Nitaawiging community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.