LITTLE SAND

LITTLE SAND operates as a micro-enrollment four-year high school in REMER, Minnesota, one of the schools within NORTHLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. Current enrollment sits at 10 students spanning grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 97% below the state mean of about 371.

NORTHLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 344 students. LITTLE SAND is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, LITTLE SAND lists that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 10% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, LITTLE SAND has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting LITTLE SAND tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cass County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cass County put median household income runs about $68,874, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Cass County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,570 students), LITTLE SAND is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is NORTHLAND SECONDARY, roughly 3.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around LITTLE SAND.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 43%: 7 students in 2018 compared to 10 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 57% to 80% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 6.9:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.