Voyageurs Expeditionary School

Voyageurs Expeditionary School, a rural-scale high school in BEMIDJI, Minnesota, part of VOYAGEURS EXPEDITIONARY, teaches 83 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 371 students per school, that is 78% below typical.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Voyageurs Expeditionary School shows that 57% of the student body identifies as Native American. Beyond that, the school reports 27% White, 16% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Voyageurs Expeditionary School has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.5:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. 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 School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 21.0%, the actual is 17.9%, a residual of -3.1 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Beltrami County put the typical household earns roughly $68,975 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Beltrami County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,088 students), of which Voyageurs Expeditionary School is one.

Voyageurs Expeditionary MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Voyageurs Expeditionary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 26.0%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Voyageurs Expeditionary School has rose 41%, going from 59 students in 2018 to 83 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 34% to 27%. Class-load math has loosened: from 5.0:1 in 2018 to 6.5:1 in 2025.

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