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Alumni: what's one memory from HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
448
Elementary
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271104000466
HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY
4784 HOWARD GNESEN RD, DULUTH, MN 55803 · (218) 336-8865 · St. Louis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL448 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
118 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 48%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
66.8%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
68.6%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY
HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY's state test result (60.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY this school | 448 | 26.3% | 60.7% |
| Voyager Elementary ALEXANDRIA | 446 | 27.8% | 54.4% |
| CHATFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHATFIELD | 469 | 26.7% | 60.3% |
| NORTHWINDS ELEMENTARY BUFFALO | 419 | 25.8% | 52.2% |
| MAPLE LAKE ELEMENTARY MAPLE LAKE | 404 | 27.2% | 51.4% |
| Bear Cave Intermediate School STEWARTVILLE | 436 | 25.0% | 53.9% |
Matched among Minnesota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #127 of 844 | #4 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #136 of 844 | #2 of 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #87 of 844 | #3 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 448 | #386 of 1,130 | #8 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #728 of 769 | #27 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.2% | #737 of 796 | #26 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.3% | #731 of 942 | #25 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.7% | #47 of 244 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
448
+97 (+28%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 439
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 18.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 448 | 25.2 | 17.8:1 | 26% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 25.2 | 17.3:1 | 25% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 402 | 24 | 16.8:1 | 28% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 351 | 19 | 18.5:1 | 16% (56) |
| 2017-18 | 368 | 17.9 | 20.6:1 | 24% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 426 | 18 | 23.7:1 | 26% (109) |
| 2010-11 | 390 | 16 | 24.4:1 | 26% (102) |
| 2000-01 | 368 | 18 | 20.4:1 | 23% (85) |
| 1990-91 | 439 | 19 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (368 to 448); teachers up 41% (17.9 to 25.2).
About HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY
HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY is one of the public schools in DULUTH, Minnesota. It is a mid-sized elementary school. Total enrollment is 448 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. That is 30% bigger than the average of about 344 students for elementary schools in Minnesota.
DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (31 schools, 8,994 students) runs HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY.
HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY is 93% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is in line with St. Louis County, where about 90% of residents are White. The diversity index for HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY is 13%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY comes to 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 17.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 13.7:1. HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY counts 26% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 40% average for public schools in St. Louis County is 14 points higher.
HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY scores 60.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 50.9%.
In St. Louis County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $70,069, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 100 public schools in the county, enrolling about 23,921, HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY among them.
HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY's closest public school neighbor is NORTH STAR ACADEMY, about 2.3 miles away. Within five miles of HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY ranks 1st on average proficiency.
NCES assigns HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY the locale Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 351 to 448, a 28% rise.
HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
200,123
Census ACS
Median income
$70,069
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
100
23,921 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- ORDEAN EAST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,037 students
- DENFELD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 951 students
- LINCOLN PARK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 606 students
- LESTER PARK ELEMENTARYElementary · 510 students
- CONGDON ELEMENTARYElementary · 474 students
Other schools in DULUTH
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- ORDEAN EAST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,037 students
- DENFELD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 951 students
- LINCOLN PARK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 606 students
- NORTH STAR ACADEMYElementary · 572 students
- Bay View ElementaryElementary · 529 students
Other Homecroft Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Homecroft Elementary. HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Homecroft Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 493 students
Nearby schools
- NORTH STAR ACADEMY2.3 mi · 572
- Arrowhead Academy3.0 mi · 18
- Lowell Elementary Spanish Immersion3.0 mi · 329
- Lowell Elementary3.0 mi · 312
- CHESTER CREEK ACADEMY3.1 mi · 31
- ORDEAN EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL3.5 mi · 1,037
Frequently asked questions
About HOMECROFT ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY?
HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 448 students in grades PK-05.
Is HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 17.8:1 students per teacher at HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY.
What is the racial breakdown of students at HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY?
At HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY?
HOMECROFT ELEMENTARY is overseen by DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in St. Louis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.