Northland Elementary

As a small elementary campus in REMER, Minnesota, Northland Elementary works with 185 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under NORTHLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so Northland Elementary sits 46% below that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in NORTHLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS (344 students total), Northland Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Northland Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 36% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.0:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Cass County's rate of about 61%.

After controlling for student poverty, Northland Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.6%.

In the surrounding community, Cass County reports that median household earnings sit near $68,874, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Cass County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,570 students), of which Northland Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: NORTHLAND SECONDARY, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Northland Elementary at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 34.1%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Northland Elementary's enrollment has declined 11% since 2018, when it stood at 207 (now 185). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 today.

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