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Cass Lake-Bena Schools Public Schools

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Cass Lake-Bena Schools Public Schools is located close to the center of Minnesota. Cass Lake-Bena Schools Public Schools has 295.95 square miles of land area and 129.00 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Cass Lake-Bena Schools Public Schools population is 4,043. Cass Lake-Bena Schools Public Schools median household income is $35,861 in 2010-2014. Cass Lake-Bena Schools Public Schools median house value is $101,400 in 2010-2014. On average, Cass Lake-Bena Schools Public Schools is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (320 out of 321, bottom 0%) Elementary/Middle School: (327 out of 332, bottom 2%)* Rank: #335
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	4,043 (2010-2014), rank #215
Population Growth	-7.80% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	9.51/sq mi, rank #281
Median Household Income:	$35,861 at 2010-2014—8.14% increase since 2005-2009, rank #323
Median House Price:	$101,400 at 2010-2014—7.53% increase since 2005-2009, rank #257
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	295.95 sq mi, rank #73
Water Area:	129.00 sq mi (30.36%), rank #8
State:	Minnesota
County:	Hubbard County, Cass County, Beltrami County
City:	Laporte, Cass Lake, Bemidji, Bena, Deer River, Remer
Zip:	56461, 56633, 56601, 56626, 56636, 56672
Area:	Brainerd, MN;Bemidji, MN

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Cass Lake-Bena Schools Public Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

208 Central Ave Nw

Cass Lake MN, 56633, Cass County

Phone: 218-335-2204

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,152	1,146	1,140	1,151	1,145	1,115	1,084
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Teachers:	104.00	96.75	107.48	104.89	104.56	104.00	101.30
Prekindergarten:	3.00	3.00	3.67	3.67	2.67	2.70	5.00
Kindergarten:	5.36	4.36	4.36	6.53	6.53	6.20	7.50
Elementary:	48.48	46.96	50.95	46.49	46.27	41.40	44.60
Secondary:	46.16	41.43	47.50	47.20	48.09	51.30	42.90
Ungraded:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.40	1.30
Total Other Staff:	107.94	111.64	117.30	107.58	111.41	115.20	118.10
Instructional Aides:	35.23	38.75	40.57	39.79	44.31	49.40	43.20
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	2.97	2.97	2.97	2.08	1.75	1.50	2.50
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.94	3.94	3.94	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.97	1.97	1.97	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.97	1.97	1.97	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	1.00	1.98	2.31	2.33	2.00	2.30
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00
District Administrators:	5.00	5.00	4.00	2.00	3.00	4.00	4.00
District Administrative Support:	4.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	5.00
School Administrators:	6.00	4.88	5.88	4.94	3.97	4.00	3.70
School Administrative Support:	6.00	7.00	8.00	7.00	7.00	8.00	8.00
Student Support Services:	19.79	20.67	23.39	22.87	21.88	20.20	25.40
Other Support Services:	24.01	23.43	21.57	19.59	20.17	19.10	21.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.08	11.85	10.61	10.97	10.95	10.72	10.70

Schools

Cass Lake-Bena Area Lrng. Cntr.	Grade 7 to Grade 12	208 Central Ave Nw, Cass Lake MN 56633
Cass Lake-Bena Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	015 4th St Nw, Cass Lake MN 56633
Cass Lake-Bena Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	15314 State 371 Nw, Cass Lake MN 56633
Cass Lake-Bena Secondary	Grade 9 to Grade 12	15308 State 371 Nw, Cass Lake MN 56633

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	48.2%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	69.9%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	28.9%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	42.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	45.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	34.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	55.4%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	49.2%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	50.9%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	45.5%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	53.1%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	3.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	5.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	8.4%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	12.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	12.2%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	25%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	14.9%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	18%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	60.5%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	60.7%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	72.8%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	55.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78.1%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	66.6%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	68.7%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.9%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.8%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.9%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.2%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	54%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58.2%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	56.1%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62.6%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	69.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	69.4%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	65.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	53.1%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	57.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	44.8%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	53.4%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	67.3%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	61%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	55.5%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	44.2%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	47.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	51.5%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	60%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	58.7%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.9%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.7%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.9%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.2%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	18.8%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	17.7%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61.8%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	45.1%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	43.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	62.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	57.7%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	64.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	65.3%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	45.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	50%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	53.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	56.8%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	47.8%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	46%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	30%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	49.3%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	20.2%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	33.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	38.2%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	43.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	47.3%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55.5%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	38.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	36.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	41.2%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	44.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	42.7%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	49.2%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	42.9%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	29.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	22%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	43.8%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	36%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	28.4%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	53.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	27%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	45.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	48.6%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	46.8%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	47.3%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	10%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	4.2%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	17.2%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	5.3%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	60%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	52.5%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	55.9%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	22%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	35.7%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	31.9%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.0%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	83.3%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	73.6%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	76.9%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	74.3%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	34%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	45.6%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.9%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	63.1%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	18.5%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	53.5%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	66.3%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	54%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	25.3%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	20.5%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40.5%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	25.6%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	28.4%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	32.4%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	27%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	29.2%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	27.7%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	24.6%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	27.1%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	12%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	23%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	15.1%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	19.7%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	17.7%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	23.4%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	11.1%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	12.2%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$20,442,000	$17,932		$21,718,000	$18,869		$21,260,000	$18,568
Federal:	$5,529,000	$4,850	27.0%	$6,339,000	$5,507	29.2%	$7,310,000	$6,384	34.4%
State:	$12,418,000	$10,893	60.7%	$12,581,000	$10,930	57.9%	$11,341,000	$9,905	53.3%
Local:	$2,495,000	$2,189	12.2%	$2,798,000	$2,431	12.9%	$2,609,000	$2,279	12.3%
Total Expenditures:	$22,711,000	$19,922		$21,741,000	$18,889		$21,153,000	$18,474
Total Current Expenditures:	$17,959,000	$15,754		$17,866,000	$15,522		$16,877,000	$14,740
Instructional Expenditures:	$10,911,000	$9,571	60.8%	$10,821,000	$9,401	60.6%	$10,196,000	$8,905	60.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,138,000	$998	6.3%	$1,311,000	$1,139	7.3%	$1,231,000	$1,075	7.3%
Administration:	$2,452,000	$2,151	13.7%	$2,687,000	$2,334	15.0%	$2,506,000	$2,189	14.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$3,458,000	$3,033	19.3%	$3,047,000	$2,647	17.1%	$2,944,000	$2,571	17.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$686,000	$602		$794,000	$690		$1,202,000	$1,050
Construction:	$256,000	$225		$522,000	$454		$699,000	$610
Total Other:	$300,000	$263		$279,000	$242		$331,000	$289
Interest on Debt:	$1,964,000	$1,723		$1,223,000	$1,063		$1,192,000	$1,041

Total Salary:	$9,535,000	$8,364		$9,777,000	$8,494		$9,351,000	$8,167
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$6,419,000	$5,631	67.3%	$6,527,000	$5,671	66.8%	$6,237,000	$5,447	66.7%
Other Salary:	$3,116,000	$2,733	32.7%	$3,250,000	$2,824	33.2%	$3,114,000	$2,720	33.3%
Total Benefit:	$2,512,000	$2,204		$2,462,000	$2,139		$2,349,000	$2,052
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,680,000	$1,474	66.9%	$1,635,000	$1,421	66.4%	$1,549,000	$1,353	65.9%
Other Benefit:	$832,000	$730	33.1%	$827,000	$719	33.6%	$800,000	$699	34.1%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	92.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	7.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	15.9%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	34.1%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	31.7%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	11.0%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	7.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,122.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,285.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$37,480.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$45,915.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$49,061.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$51,752.0

* Cass Lake-Bena Schools Public Schools was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.