LILA ANNEX

LILA Annex is a Title I public charter middle school that is part of the Lakes International Language Academ school district, located in FOREST LAKE, MN with about 80 students. A Title I school provides supplemental financial assistance to school districts for children from low-income families. Its purpose is to provide all children significant opportunity to receive a fair, equitable, and high-quality education. With about 3 teachers, LILA Annex has a student/teacher ratio of about 26:1. The national average for public schools is about 15:1. A lower student/teacher ratio is a key factor that determines how much a teacher can devote his/her time to each individual student thus improving, or reducing (in the event of a higher student/teacher ratio) the attention each student is given for their educational needs.

The **LILA Annex** in Forest Lake, Minnesota, serves as a satellite campus for the **Lakes International Language Academy (LILA)**, a well-regarded public charter school known for its language immersion programs. This specific facility is primarily utilized to support the school’s growing student body, often housing administrative offices, specialized classrooms, or specific grade-level programs that allow the main campus to maintain its focus on an International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum and intensive language acquisition.

As an extension of the LILA network, the Annex adheres to the school’s mission of fostering global citizenship through academic excellence and linguistic fluency—typically in Mandarin Chinese or Spanish. By operating this secondary location, the school is able to accommodate the high demand for its unique educational model within the Forest Lake community, providing students with a structured, rigorous, and culturally diverse learning environment that emphasizes both inquiry-based learning and bilingual proficiency.

For more information, contact LILA Annex at (651) 464-0771 or visit the school personally to speak with a faculty or administrative member about any specific questions you may have.