Summary:
Treknorth High School is the only high school in this area — a single campus in Bemidji, MN serving grades 9–12 with 144 students, listed under the Treknorth High School district. Because there is no other local high school to compare against, the useful benchmarks are the district and the state. Families should know the school has real strengths alongside serious concerns, including a sharp academic decline in the most recent year.
Academically, 2025–2026 was a difficult year. All three tested subjects fell below state averages: math at 6.7% proficient (state 44.9%), reading at 23.3% (state 48.6%), and science at 12.0% (state 25.5%). Math was already the weakest area in 2024–2025 at 9.52% and is now 38.2 percentage points below state — the largest and most consistent gap in the data. Reading and science flipped from strengths to weaknesses: in 2024–2025 the school was slightly above state in reading (51.52% vs. 49.59%) and science (30.77% vs. 26.15%), then fell 28.22 and 18.77 percentage points respectively. State scores barely moved over that period, so the drop is school-specific rather than statewide. The school's rank fell to 416 of 473 (12th percentile, 1 star), down from the 37th–38th percentile and 2 stars in the two prior years.
Completion and context metrics are mixed. The 2024–2025 graduation rate of 87.8% was above the state's 84.9%, but the dropout rate of 9.0% was more than double the state's 4.2%; these measures use different definitions and cohorts, so they should be reviewed together rather than read as a contradiction. High economic need is also part of the picture, with 63.89% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch and a student-teacher ratio of 15.6. With only 144 students, year-to-year swings can be amplified by small cohort changes, so parents should watch whether the 2025–2026 results persist.
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