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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 56633

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School

450

Students

Top rankedCass Lake-Bena Elementary725^th of 872 Minnesota elementary schools

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Summary:

The 56633 zip code contains a single elementary school, Cass Lake-Bena Elementary, which serves students in grades K-6. The school is part of the Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools district and has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Minnesota elementary schools over the past three school years.

Cass Lake-Bena Elementary's performance on MCA-III Math and Reading assessments is significantly below the state average, with only 35.58% of students proficient or better in Math and 25.77% in Reading in the 2024-2025 school year, compared to the state averages of 45.21% and 49.59%, respectively. The school's performance also lags behind the overall Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools district, which also scores well below the state averages in Math and Reading.

The school has a relatively small student-teacher ratio of 10:1, which is lower than the state average, but a very high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 86.24% in the 2023-2024 school year. These factors suggest that the school may be facing significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to its predominantly low-income student population, and may benefit from targeted interventions and support to address the specific needs of its students.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCA-III Math (2025)			MCA-III Reading (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-III Math 3rd Grade	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-III Reading 4th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Cass Lake-Bena Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	15271 61st Ave NW	Cass Lake	56633	Cass County	Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 335-2201	450	45	10.1	85.3%	9 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	425 (94.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.8%)	18.2	725^th of 872 public elementary schools	16.9%		23.7	699^th of 881 public elementary schools	20.7%	26	33.7	37.5	35.6	24.1	27.5	25.8	$19,545

Cities Near Zip Code 56633

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Cass Lake	0.01 mi	4	437^th
Bemidji	12.53 mi	22	374^th
Laporte	13.65 mi	3	394^th
Bena	13.96 mi	1
Walker	19.53 mi	3	395^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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