Total enrollment
8,723
+365 (+4%) vs SY 2020-21
32 schools in DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
Minnesota · 8,994 students · 1 city
DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT's footprint covers 32 public K-12 schools with combined enrollment of about 8,994 (an average of 281 per school).
4-year change in DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
30
+6 (+25%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
Inside DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
State test results across the district's 14 scored schools run from LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY at 67.1% proficient to MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY at 22.7%, a gap of 44.4 points. That is the 9th widest gap among 84 Minnesota districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 19 district schools that reported both years went from 8,675 to 7,596 students (down 12%) and from 464 to 561 full-time teachers (up 21%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT is a medium-population Minnesota school district running 32 schools with combined enrollment near 8,994.
For a sense of the school types, DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT is made up of 11 elementary, 4 middle, 9 high schools, and 8 combined or other.
Per-school enrollment averages around 281 in this district, noticeably below the Minnesota typical of 357.
Looking at the last 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment increased 4%: 8,358 students in SY 2020-21 versus 8,723 in SY 2024-25. The school count climbed from 24 to 30 across the same 4-year window.
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