Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 3
J.W. Smith Elementary, Bemidji, MN
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 238
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.0
- Students per teacher
- 11.9
- Grades
- PK to 3
This school's ratio is 2.6 lower than the district figure of 14.5. The Minnesota average across schools is 15.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 1712 America Ave, Bemidji, MN 56601
- Phone
- (218)333-3290
- District
- Bemidji Public School District
- County
- Beltrami County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- NCES school ID
- 270444000196
School meals
- Free lunch
- 183
- Reduced-price lunch
- 13
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 19682.4% of enrollment.
- Direct certification
- 175Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- Yes (CEP school)
Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.
Related schools
Other elementary schools in Bemidji Public School District
- Gene Dillon Elementary School 667 students
- Lincoln Elementary 320 students
- Horace May Elementary 300 students
- Northern Elementary 282 students
- Solway Elementary 148 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in Bemidji
- Schoolcraft Learning Community Schoolcraft Learning Community Chtr
- Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.