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Northern Lights Academy

Special educationFree meals for all

Northern Lights Academy, a public other school in Cloquet, Minnesota: grades k–12, 14 students, 6.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Northern Lights Academy Cooperative.

Size and class size

Compared with schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 14
Teachers (FTE): 2.3
Students per teacher: 6.2
Grades: K–12; Other

More students per teacher than 73% of schools in Minnesota

Median 4.4 · 105 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 81% of schools in the US

Median 12.7 · 3,627 schools compared

Smaller than 60% of schools in Minnesota

Median 18 · 132 schools compared

Smaller than 93% of schools in the US

Median 207 · 3,982 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Minnesota's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Minnesota: 49%

Not published: too few students tested.

Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment III & Minnesota Test of Academic Skills; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Minnesota: 47%

Not published: too few students tested.

Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment III & Minnesota Test of Academic Skills; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Other · Grades K–12
Type: District school · Special education
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Town near a city
Run by: Northern Lights Academy Cooperative

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Northern Lights Academy Cooperative.

Location

Address: 302 14TH Street, Cloquet, MN 55720
Phone: (218)878-3060
City or town: Cloquet
County: Carlton County

Website Quality of life in Cloquet Schools in Cloquet

Nearby schools

The closest public schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
NLA-CarltonSpecial education	3–12	31	5.7	—	—	3.8 mi
Merritt Creek AcademyAlternative	K–12	75	6.1	17%	13%	14.2 mi
Special Ed. N.P.Special education	Pre-K–12	25	—	—	—	16.5 mi
Arrowhead AcademyAlternative	4–12	18	3.8	—	—	16.6 mi
Superior AcademyAlternative	K–12	19	9.5	—	—	16.9 mi
Chester Creek AcademyAlternative	K–12	31	4.0	—	—	18.1 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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