While schools throughout Beltrami County were a mixed bag, the county itself saw a 4.1% increase from 2022 with 443 out of 673 students graduating in four years.
Four-year graduation rates for the class of 2022 have nearly matched pre-pandemic levels in Minnesota. On the home front, schools throughout Beltrami County had their own share of falls and peaks.
BEMIDJI Bemidji Area Schools saw record four-year graduation rates in 2019, mirroring statewide successes, while Native American graduation rates continue to struggle both locally and statewide.
Area high schools plan for a weekend full of graduations
Many schools around the area are hosting commencement ceremonies over the next few days some more traditionally, and others in more pandemic-friendly formats. 1:47 pm, May 25, 2021 ×
Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig valedictorian Chelsey Ducheneaux picks up her diploma during the school s 2020 drive-in graduation ceremony. (Pioneer file photo)
BEMIDJI Memorial Day weekend is shaping up to be a big one for local seniors as many schools around the area are hosting commencement ceremonies over the next few days.
The recent updating of guidance from the Center for Disease Control has led many schools to rethink their original graduation plans. Here is what area schools are doing to celebrate graduates in the upcoming weeks.