Best Public Schools in Cass County, Minnesota & Rankings

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				MCA-III Math (2024)								MCA-III Reading (2024)								MCA-III Science (2024)				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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-III Math 3rd Grade	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-III Reading 4th Grade	MCA-III Reading 5th Grade	MCA-III Reading 6th Grade	MCA-III Reading 7th Grade	MCA-III Reading 8th Grade	MCA-III Reading 10th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	MCA-III Science 5th Grade	MCA-III Science 8th Grade	MCA-III Science End of Course	MCA-III Science All Grades	Total
Central Lakes Adventure School	Public, Charter	7-12	12763 County Rd 1	Pillager	56473	Cass County	Central Lakes Adventure School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(218) 746-3875	38	5	7.5	86.8%	32 (84.2%)	1 (2.6%)	2 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (5.3%)	11.3	429^th of 480 public high schools	10.6%					(n/a)							0.0	0.0								10.0			18.2	13.3	$16,007
Pillager Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	323 E 2nd St S	Pillager	56473	Cass County	Pillager Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 746-2110	478	40	11.9	51.5%	446 (93.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.6%)	63.6	329^th of 881 public elementary schools	62.7%		63.1	324^th of 845 public elementary schools	61.7%	5	65.9	67.3						66.7	40.7	51.4						46.5					$11,169
Pillager Senior High School	Public	9-12	323 E 2nd St S	Pillager	56473	Cass County	Pillager Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 746-2117	360	23	15.4	42.8%	330 (91.7%)	4 (1.1%)	12 (3.3%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.1%)	56.3	227^th of 480 public high schools	52.7%		81.6	68^th of 476 public high schools	85.7%	159							29.3	29.3							50.6	50.6			38.2	38.2	$12,067
Pillager Middle School	Public	5-8	323 E 2nd St S	Pillager	56473	Cass County	Pillager Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 746-3772	407	21	19.1	47.4%	377 (92.6%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.9%)	55.2	236^th of 545 public middle schools	56.7%		49.8	264^th of 529 public middle schools	50.1%	28			49.5	26.1	37.0	41.2		37.9			65.0	54.1	41.0	45.4		51.5	54.6	31.4		43.7	$8,860
Pine River-Backus Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	401 Murray Ave	Pine River	56474	Cass County	Pine River-Backus School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 587-4447	477	38	12.5	69.8%	439 (92.0%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.9%)	4 (0.8%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.2%)	46.9	530^th of 881 public elementary schools	39.8%		42.7	554^th of 845 public elementary schools	34.4%	24	70.0	58.3	25.5	20.3				44.4	50.0	48.6	48.9	33.3				44.8	44.7			44.7	$11,652
Pine River-Backus High School	Public	7-12	810 1st St N	Pine River	56474	Cass County	Pine River-Backus School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 587-4425	377	29	13.0	61.0%	354 (93.9%)	4 (1.1%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.1%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (2.7%)	25.2	373^rd of 480 public high schools	22.3%		50.3	249^th of 476 public high schools	47.7%	124					15.4	29.2	15.4	20.7					34.6	35.4	32.8	34.3		26.6	26.2	26.4	$11,954
Pine River-Backus ALP	Public	9-12	1000 1st St N	Pine River	56474	Cass County	Pine River-Backus School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 587-3131	49	3	14.0	71.4%	47 (95.9%)	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																					$18,186
Pine River-Backus Midlevel ALP	Public	7-8	1000 1st St N	Pine River	56474	Cass County	Pine River-Backus School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 587-3131	0	1	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Northland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	316 Main St E	Remer	56672	Cass County	Northland Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 566-2351	197	21	9.2	81.2%	117 (59.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (38.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.0%)	12.3	777^th of 881 public elementary schools	11.8%		8.9	767^th of 845 public elementary schools	9.2%	10	25.7	23.1	5.9	15.4				19.2	30.6	26.9	23.5	25.9				27.4	11.8			11.8	$18,653
Northland Secondary	Public	7-12	316 Main St E	Remer	56672	Cass County	Northland Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 566-2351	157	12	12.9	77.1%	93 (59.2%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (36.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.9%)	20.9	388^th of 480 public high schools	19.2%		18.7	398^th of 476 public high schools	16.4%	10					12.5	18.2	13.3	15.1					6.3	22.7	33.3	22.6		9.5	20.0	13.9	$24,323
Little Sand	Public	7-12	316 Main St E	Remer	56672	Cass County	Northland Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 566-2351	8	2	4.7		2 (25.0%)	3 (37.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (37.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																					$17,342
Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School	Public, Alternative	K-12	15353 Silver Eagle Dr. NW	Bena	56626	Cass County	Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(218) 665-3000	154	25	6.1	98.1%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	154 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Up North Learning Center	Public, Alternative	K-12	5413 County Road 37 NW	Walker	56484	Cass County	Up North Learning Center	No	No	No	No	(218) 547-6525	11	3	3.5	72.7%	4 (36.4%)	1 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (54.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)								30.0								38.5
W.H.A. Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	301 4th St	Walker	56484	Cass County	Walker-Hackensack-Akeley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 547-4261	416	36	11.4	66.1%	237 (57.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.1%)	1 (0.2%)	116 (27.9%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (10.6%)	31.2	645^th of 881 public elementary schools	26.8%		28.7	632^nd of 845 public elementary schools	25.2%	13	50.9	39.6	9.8	24.2				31.4	37.9	41.5	37.3	53.2				42.9	15.7			15.7	$13,346
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Sec.	Public	7-12	301 4th St	Walker	56484	Cass County	Walker-Hackensack-Akeley School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 547-5322	320	25	12.5	56.6%	218 (68.1%)	2 (0.6%)	12 (3.8%)	1 (0.3%)	63 (19.7%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (7.5%)	36.5	327^th of 480 public high schools	31.9%		58.7	202^nd of 476 public high schools	57.6%	125					22.2	29.4	25.0	25.7					26.1	33.3	36.6	31.9		15.2	28.6	22.6	$14,570
Cass Lake-Bena Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	15 4th St NW	Cass Lake	56633	Cass County	Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 335-2201	478	45	10.7	85.4%	10 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	141 (29.5%)	0 (0.0%)	315 (65.9%)	23.7	699^th of 881 public elementary schools	20.7%		11.7	745^th of 845 public elementary schools	11.8%	46	36.3	41.2						38.8	24.7	35.3						30.1					$19,545
Cass Lake-Bena Secondary	Public	9-12	15308 State 371 NW	Cass Lake	56633	Cass County	Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 335-2203	256	23	10.9	77.3%	23 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	227 (88.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)	12	425^th of 480 public high schools	11.5%		14.9	404^th of 476 public high schools	15.1%	21							7.0	7.0							26.4	26.4			13.7	13.7	$25,363
Cass Lake-Bena Area Learning Cntr.	Public	7-12	208 Central Ave NW	Cass Lake	56633	Cass County	Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(218) 335-2204	99	8	12.0	86.9%	6 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	88 (88.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.0%)	10.9	433^rd of 480 public high schools	9.8%		3.1	474^th of 476 public high schools	0.4%	41							0.0	0.0							18.2	10.0			21.4	16.7	$21,734
Cass Lake-Bena Middle School	Public	5-8	15314 State 371 NW	Cass Lake	56633	Cass County	Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 335-2203	305	30	10.0	84.6%	15 (4.9%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	242 (79.3%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (12.8%)	11.1	501^st of 545 public middle schools	8.1%		8.3	498^th of 529 public middle schools	5.9%	3			0.0	8.3	16.4	12.5		8.3			18.1	19.2	25.4	16.1		19.5	6.5	5.3		6.0	$22,279

Best Public Schools in Cass County, MN

Pillager Elementary

Pillager Senior High School

Pillager Middle School

Pine River-Backus Elementary

Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Sec.

W.H.A. Elementary

Pine River-Backus High School

Cass Lake-Bena Elementary

Northland Secondary

Northland Elementary

Cass Lake-Bena Secondary

Central Lakes Adventure School

Cass Lake-Bena Middle School

Cass Lake-Bena Area Learning Cntr.

Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School

Little Sand

Pine River-Backus ALP

Pine River-Backus Midlevel ALP

Up North Learning Center

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