Regular local school district · Beltrami County
Bemidji Public School District, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
Bemidji Public School District runs 15 public schools with 4,722 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.5 students per teacher is about the same as the Minnesota figure of 15.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 15
- Students
- 4,722
- Teachers (FTE)
- 326
- Students per teacher
- 14.5
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 502 Minnesota Ave NW, Bemidji, MN 56601
- Phone
- (218)333-3100
- County
- Beltrami County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2704440
- State district ID
- MN-010031
- Total staff (FTE)
- 778
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 944 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 15.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.5
Minnesota15.2
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (4,971), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $83.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $12.6 million
- State revenue
- $57.1 million
- Local revenue
- $13.8 million
- Total spending
- $78.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,735
- Salaries
- $45.7 million58.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $36.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.1%
- State: 68.3%
- Local: 16.6%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,735
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in Bemidji Public School District
By level: 5 high, 2 middle, 6 elementary, 1 other, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bemidji Area Learning Center | High | 5 to 12 | 0 | |
| Bemidji Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 967 | 15.9 |
| Bemidji Middle ALP | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Bemidji Senior High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,537 | 20.0 |
| Bemidji Senior Lumberjack ALC | High | 9 to 12 | 85 | 21.2 |
| First City School | Other | 3 to 12 | 48 | 4.8 |
| Gene Dillon Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 667 | 14.8 |
| Horace May Elementary | Elementary | PK to 3 | 300 | 12.0 |
| J.W. Smith ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 3 | 238 | 11.9 |
| Lakeside Learning CenterCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 7 | 7.0 |
| Lincoln Elementary | Elementary | PK to 3 | 320 | 13.9 |
| Northern Elementary | Elementary | PK to 3 | 282 | 14.8 |
| Oshki Manidoo Center | High | 7 to 12 | 4 | |
| Paul Bunyan Center | Prekindergarten | PK | 118 | 7.4 |
| Solway Elementary | Elementary | PK to 3 | 148 | 13.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Beltrami County
- Red Lake Public School District 1,519 students
- Blackduck Public School District 696 students
- Kelliher Public School District 311 students
- Treknorth High School 253 students
- Schoolcraft Learning Community Chtr 192 students
- Aurora Waasakone Community of Learn 133 students
- Voyageurs Expeditionary 127 students
- Endazhi-Nitaawiging 113 students
- Bemidji Regional Interdist. Council 22 students
- North Country Voc. Coop. Ctr. 0 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.