Treknorth High School

The Treknorth High School district in Bemidji, Minnesota, is a small secondary-only district with two schools—Treknorth High School serving grades 9–12 and Trek North Middle School serving grades 6–8—and about 253 students total.

Both schools are rated 1 star and rank near the bottom of Minnesota. Enrollment is 144 at the high school and 109 at the middle school. Free or reduced lunch is high: 63.89% at the high school and 66.97% at the middle school. The student-teacher ratio is 15.6 at the high school and 12.1 at the middle school. In 2025-2026, proficiency is low in both schools. Math is the weakest subject: the high school is at 6.7% and the middle school at 9.3%, compared with the state’s 44.9%. Reading is 23.3% at the high school and 22.2% at the middle school, compared with the state’s 48.6%. Science is 12% at the high school and 11.1% at the middle school, compared with the state’s 25.5%. The middle school is consistently below the state in every subject and grade; its highest single result is 8th grade reading at 32.4%, still below the state’s 50%, and its 8th grade science is 11.1% versus the state’s 16.7%. Its weakest relative area is 6th grade math at 5.6% versus the state’s 39.5%.

The high school shows the sharpest contrasts. Its graduation rate is 87.8%, above the state’s 84.9%, but its dropout rate is 9.0%, more than double the state’s 4.2%. In 2024-2025, the high school exceeded the state in reading (51.52% vs. 49.59%) and science (30.77% vs. 26.15%). In 2025-2026, it fell well below state in both, and its rank dropped from 279 of 450 (38th percentile, 2 stars) to 416 of 473 (12th percentile, 1 star). The middle school ranks 473 of 546 (13th percentile, 1 star) and has slipped from the 22nd percentile in 2023-2024. Overall, this is a small, high-poverty district where both schools are 1-star and in the bottom roughly 10–13% of the state; math is the clearest district-wide weakness, and the high school’s results are especially volatile.