Bay View Elementary

Bay View Elementary operates as a sprawling elementary-level community in DULUTH, Minnesota, one of the schools within Proctor Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 529 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 54% above typical.

Bay View Elementary is one of 5 schools operated by Proctor Public School District, a district that instructs 1,848 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bay View Elementary shows that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 10% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to St. Louis County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bay View Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.2%, the actual is 52.9%, a residual of +9.7 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (St. Louis County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $70,069 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across St. Louis County's 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,921 students), Bay View Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Early Childhood Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bay View Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bay View Elementary at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 35.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. Bay View Elementary's enrollment has edged down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 577 (now 529). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 92% to 87%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.