East High School

East High School is a 9-12 campus of high-enrollment scale in DULUTH, Minnesota, operated by DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, teacheing 1,495 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 371 students each, so East High School sits 303% bigger than that benchmark.

East High School is one of 31 schools operated by DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that caters to 8,994 students overall.

Demographically, East High School records that nearly all students (88%) are White. The remainder consists of 6% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. Compared to St. Louis County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting East High School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, St. Louis County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), East High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.5%, the actual is 54.2%, a residual of -0.3 points.

Across the wider county, census data for St. Louis County shows median household income runs about $70,069, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), East High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ALC SWS East, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around East High School. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), East High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 59.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 1,464 students in 2018 compared to 1,495 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 25.9:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 in 2025.

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