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Bemidji, Minnesota - 2 schools
An equity score of 53/100 ranks Treknorth High School #181 of 410 districts in Minnesota (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,243 per pupil, Treknorth High School ranks #249 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
259
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$14,243
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Treknorth High School operates 2 public schools serving 259 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Beltrami County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,243 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending. See how Minnesota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 2.6% local, 82.1% state, and 15.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 53/100, ranked #181 of 410 in Minnesota against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 126.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 49.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 38.5% White, 6.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Treknorth High School, enrolling 144 students (57% of the district's total enrollment).
Treknorth High School accounts for 55.6% of all Treknorth High School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Treknorth High School a distant remainder — means Treknorth High School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Treknorth High School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 50.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Treknorth High School student-counselor ratio is 127:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Treknorth High School chronic absenteeism rate is 49.0% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.