DENFELD HIGH SCHOOL

DENFELD HIGH SCHOOL is one of the well-populated senior highs in DULUTH, Minnesota, overseen by DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 951 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 156% above the state mean of about 371.

Across the 31 schools in DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (8,994 students total), DENFELD HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, DENFELD HIGH SCHOOL reports that White students make up the majority at 65%; the rest reads as 17% multiracial, 7% Black, 5% Hispanic, 5% Native American. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, DENFELD HIGH SCHOOL has 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against St. Louis County (around 40%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DENFELD HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.0%, the actual is 31.6%, a residual of -7.4 points.

In the area at large, St. Louis County reports that the typical household earns roughly $70,069 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. DENFELD HIGH SCHOOL is one of 100 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 23,921 students).

The closest other public school is ALC SWS Denfeld, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DENFELD HIGH SCHOOL at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 39.1%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DENFELD HIGH SCHOOL has climbed 19%, going from 802 students in 2018 to 951 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 76% to 65% over that span.

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