Up North Learning Center

Set in WALKER, Minnesota, Up North Learning Center is a minimally staffed all-grades campus, overseen by Up North Learning Center. It enrolls 13 students across grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 50 students per school, that is 74% leaner than typical.

Up North Learning Center sits inside Up North Learning Center, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Up North Learning Center shows that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 38% Native American, 8% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

On the resource side, The school lists 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 4.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 6.4:1 average. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Cass County's rate of about 61%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Cass County put median household earnings sit near $68,874, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cass County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,570 students), of which Up North Learning Center is one.

Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Sec. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Up North Learning Center community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.