Schools in Remer, MN

Remer, Minnesota is served by Northland Community Schools and has three schools — Northland Elementary (PK–5), Northland Secondary (6–12), and Little Sand (7–12) — all listed at the same Main Street address and enrolling 344 students combined, in an area reported as having one elementary, no middle, two high, and no alternative schools.

Among the two schools with reported test data, Northland Secondary is the stronger performer, with math proficiency of 19.5%, reading 31.0%, and science 18.4% — above Northland Elementary in every subject and above the district average. Secondary also improved in math and science year over year, while reading was essentially flat. Northland Elementary reports the lowest results in the dataset (math 16.9%, reading 22.1%, science 10.8%), declined in all three subjects from the prior year, has ranked in the 11th–15th percentile for three years running, and reports 3rd-grade math and reading at exactly 0%. Every reported school, subject, and grade level remains below the Minnesota state averages, largest in math and reading. The district overall ranks 380 of 458 in Minnesota, in the 17th percentile with 1 star.

Little Sand has only 10 students and every one of its test scores is suppressed, so its academics are genuinely unknown — it should not be judged as strong or weak. Families should also weigh Northland Secondary’s graduation rate of 68.4% and dropout rate of 21.0%, both far worse than the state’s 84.9% and 4.2%. Poverty is high everywhere here, with free/reduced lunch rates from 70% to 77.3%, and student-teacher ratios (8 to 13.4) do not track neatly with results.