Voyageurs Expeditionary MS

Set in BEMIDJI, Minnesota, Voyageurs Expeditionary MS is an one-room-style junior high, run under VOYAGEURS EXPEDITIONARY. It works with 44 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 91% smaller than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 495 students.

VOYAGEURS EXPEDITIONARY comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 127 students; Voyageurs Expeditionary MS is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Voyageurs Expeditionary MS shows that the largest single group is Native American at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 20% White, 16% multiracial, 9% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Beltrami County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Voyageurs Expeditionary MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 19.9%, the actual is 15.1%, a residual of -4.8 points.

In the area at large, Beltrami County reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,975 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Voyageurs Expeditionary MS is one of 38 public schools in Beltrami County (combined enrollment of about 8,088 students).

Nearest neighbor: Voyageurs Expeditionary School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Voyageurs Expeditionary MS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Voyageurs Expeditionary MS at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 26.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site. Voyageurs Expeditionary MS is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Voyageurs Expeditionary MS has edged down 6%, going from 47 students in 2018 to 44 in 2025.

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