Summary
Treknorth High School is a public high school in Bemidji, Minnesota, serving 144 students in grades 9–12 and operating as its own district. In 2025–26 it ranked 416th of 473 Minnesota high schools — the 12th percentile, with a 1-star rating — placing it in the bottom tenth of the state. Proficiency rates that year were low across all tested subjects: 6.7% in math, 23.3% in reading, and 12% in science, compared with statewide rates of 44.9%, 48.6%, and 25.5%. This continues a long slide: the school was in the 76th percentile with 4 stars in 2015–16, at the 56th percentile in 2021–22, then fell to 49th, 37th, 38th, and finally 12th.
A genuine bright spot is graduation: 87.8% of students graduated in 2024–25, above the state's 84.9% and the highest among nearby schools with reported data — Bemidji Senior Lumberjack Alternative Learning Center (83.7%), Bemidji Senior High (82.3%), Cass Lake-Bena Secondary (75.0%), Voyageurs Expeditionary School (66.6%), and Cass Lake-Bena Area Learning Cntr. (35.2%). Even so, the dropout rate was 9.0%, more than double the state's 4.2%, suggesting some students leave before finishing. About 63.89% of students were eligible for free or reduced lunch in 2024–25, and the student-teacher ratio was 15.6.
Math is the deepest, most persistent weakness — proficiency has never exceeded 12.9% in any recent year, while the state sits near 45%. Reading and science were above state levels in some earlier years but fell sharply in 2025–26. Results also vary widely between student groups: in 2025–26, Native American students ranked in the 37th percentile, low-income students 14th, special education students 12th, male students 6th, and White students 5th. Compared with Bemidji Senior High (157th of 473, 67th percentile), Treknorth lags far behind on rank and test scores, though it generally outperforms other area alternative programs such as Voyageurs Expeditionary School and Bemidji Senior Lumberjack Alternative Learning Center, and often Cass Lake-Bena Secondary. Notably, Treknorth has higher poverty and a smaller student-teacher ratio than Bemidji Senior High, yet lower test scores — class size alone is not driving results.
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