First City School

As a mid-tier combined-grade school in BEMIDJI, Minnesota, First City School teaches 48 students from grades 3 through 12, operated by Bemidji Public School District.

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

Demographically, First City School logs that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 42% Native American, 10% Black, 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Beltrami County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 4.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 6.4:1, putting First City School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 94% of students at First City School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Beltrami County's rate of about 54%.

Around the school, Beltrami County reports that median household income runs about $68,975, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Beltrami County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,088 students), First City School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Oshki Manidoo Center, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. First City School's enrollment has edged down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 54 (now 48). Black enrollment moved from 6% to 10% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for First City School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.