LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY

Set in DULUTH, Minnesota, LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY is a tight-knit elementary campus, one of the schools within DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. It teaches 254 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY sits 26% below that benchmark.

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

On the student-mix side, LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%).

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 35% of students at LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY ranks in the top 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 46.5%; LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY posts 67.1%, +20.6 points above that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for St. Louis County put the typical household earns roughly $70,069 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY is one of 100 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 23,921 students).

Nearest neighbor: Rockridge Academy, around 3.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 58.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY has edged up 14%, going from 222 students in 2018 to 254 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.