LAURA MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY

LAURA MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY is one of the cozy primary schools in DULUTH, Minnesota, part of DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 277 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, LAURA MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY lists that 65% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 16% multiracial, 9% Black, 8% Native American, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, LAURA MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, St. Louis County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LAURA MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.6%, the actual is 26.2%, a residual of -1.4 points.

Around the school, census data for St. Louis County shows median household income runs about $70,069, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. LAURA MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY is one of 100 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 23,921 students).

Nearest neighbor: DENFELD HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LAURA MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.7%.

LAURA MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. LAURA MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY's enrollment has ticked down 39% since 2018, when it stood at 453 (now 277). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.