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Best Public Schools in Cass Lake, MN

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Schools

1,119

Students

Top rankedCass Lake-Bena Elementary768^th of 869 Minnesota elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Cass Lake-Bena Secondary up 7 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Cass Lake, Minnesota has four public schools serving students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, all part of the Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools district, with a combined enrollment of 1,119 students. The district ranks 425 out of 458 Minnesota districts, placing it at the 7th percentile with 0 stars. All four schools serve high-need populations, with free/reduced-lunch rates ranging from 75.67% to 85.33%, and student-teacher ratios are relatively low, from 10.1 to 11.9.

Cass Lake-Bena Elementary is the largest school (450 students) and the strongest performer, with the highest proficiency among the four schools in all three subjects: 23.2% in Math, 27.5% in Reading, and 8.6% in Science. It is also the only school above the district average in all three subjects, yet it still sits at the 12th percentile with 1 star, and its percentile has slipped from 21 to 17 to 12. Cass Lake-Bena Secondary shows a genuine bright spot in Reading at 26.7%, up about 7.1 percentage points, with a 75.0% graduation rate versus the district's 62.2%; however, its Math is 2.5%, Science 4.8%, and its dropout rate is 12.5%. Cass Lake-Bena Middle School is the weakest of the standard grade-level schools, with 4.6% in Math, 15.5% in Reading, 3.3% in Science, and 1.3% in 7th-grade Math, holding 0 stars and the 5th percentile.

Cass Lake-Bena Area Learning Cntr. is the smallest school, with 94 students, and reports 10.0% in Math, 13.3% in Reading, and 0.0% in Science, alongside a 35.2% graduation rate; many of its grade-level results are marked with a dash, meaning the state suppressed them to protect student privacy, and those should be treated as unknown rather than as zeros. District-wide, every school falls below Minnesota's 44.9% Math, 48.6% Reading, and 25.5% Science rates, and Science is the weakest subject everywhere. Grade-level results also vary sharply—for example, elementary 4th-grade Math is 31.1% while 5th-grade Math is 9.8%, and middle school 6th-grade Reading is 28.6% while 7th-grade Reading is 6.2%.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)								MCA-IV Science (2026)				MCA-III Math (2026)								Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-IV Reading 4th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 5th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 6th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 7th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 8th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 10th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science 5th Grade	MCA-IV Science 8th Grade	MCA-IV Science End of Course	MCA-IV Science All Grades	MCA-III Math 3rd Grade	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Total
Cass Lake-Bena Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	15271 61st Ave NW	Cass Lake	56633	Cass County	Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 335-2201	450	45	10.1	85.3%	9 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	425 (94.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.8%)	13.1	768^th of 869 public elementary schools	11.6%		18.2	725^th of 872 public elementary schools	16.9%	43	23.3	28.9	30.5					27.5	8.6			8.6	27.6	31.1	9.8					23.2	96.2%	1.3%	$19,545
Cass Lake-Bena Secondary	Public	9-12	15308 State 371 NW	Cass Lake	56633	Cass County	Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 335-2203	263	22	11.7	75.7%	16 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	243 (92.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	13	421^st of 473 public high schools	11.0%		7.8	428^th of 450 public high schools	4.9%	7							26.7	26.7			4.8	4.8							2.5	2.5			$25,363
Cass Lake-Bena Area Learning Cntr.	Public	7-12	208 Central Ave NW	Cass Lake	56633	Cass County	Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(218) 335-2204	94	8	11.9	79.8%	4 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	90 (95.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)								13.3			0.0	0.0								10.0			$21,734
Cass Lake-Bena Middle School	Public	6-8	15314 State 371 NW	Cass Lake	56633	Cass County	Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 335-2203	312	30	10.5	77.9%	13 (4.2%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	294 (94.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7.2	519^th of 546 public middle schools	4.9%		7.2	494^th of 519 public middle schools	4.8%	25				28.6	6.2	11.3		15.5		3.3		3.3				6.6	1.3	6.3		4.6			$22,279

Cities Near Cass Lake

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Bemidji	12.53 mi	22	391^st
Laporte	13.65 mi	3	346^th
Bena	13.96 mi	1
Walker	19.53 mi	3	350^th
Blackduck	24.45 mi	2	379^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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