Schools · Wilkinson

Wilkinson, MN schools

Wilkinson’s public schools score well below Minnesota’s averages: 26% of students are proficient in reading against 52.5% statewide, and 52% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.4%. Kids attend CASS LAKE-BENA ELEMENTARY through grade 4, then Cass Lake-Bena Middle School and CASS LAKE-BENA SECONDARY.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

DSchool Grade

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Wilkinson’s School Grade: D

The public schools Wilkinson’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 88% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

DTest scoresDGraduation

Minnesota school districts we grade (491)Better than 12%

Lower resultsHigher results

Minnesota towns with similar household incomes (1,020)Better than 1%

Towns in Cass County (49)Better than 0%

Good confidence. Built on 418 tested students and a graduating class of 105; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Minnesota’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Minnesota only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Minnesota with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Wilkinson kids go to school

Grades PK–4

C-CASS LAKE-BENA ELEMENTARY 450 students · Cass Lake Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools

Grades 5–8

DCass Lake-Bena Middle School 312 students · Cass Lake Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools

Grades 9–12

C-CASS LAKE-BENA SECONDARY 263 students · Cass Lake Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Cass Lake-Bena)26%

State average 52.5%

Math (grades PK–12, Cass Lake-Bena)14%

State average 44.2%

Graduation · class of 2020

52% graduate on time

Graduation rate

52%

MN: 84.4%

Graduating class

105

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Wilkinson

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Cass Lake-Bena Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,119 students

$23,168 per studentMN $17,091D

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

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