Summary:
Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools is a small school district in Minnesota that serves the Cass Lake-Bena community, with only one elementary school, Cass Lake-Bena Elementary. This school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Minnesota elementary schools and significantly underperforms on state assessments compared to state and district averages.
Cass Lake-Bena Elementary has faced significant academic challenges, with proficiency rates of just 35.58% in Math and 25.77% in Reading for the 2024-2025 school year, well below the state averages of 45.21% and 49.59%, respectively. The school's performance is also below the Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools district-wide averages of 15.95% in Math and 20.5% in Reading. Despite a small student-teacher ratio of 10:1, the school has struggled to improve student outcomes.
One potential contributing factor to the school's academic struggles is the high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 86.24% in the 2023-2024 school year. This suggests that the school serves a population with significant socioeconomic challenges, which may impact student learning and achievement. While the small class sizes at Cass Lake-Bena Elementary could provide more individualized attention, the school's consistently low performance indicates that additional support and resources may be needed to address the complex educational and socioeconomic factors affecting student success.
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