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Enrollment
510
Elementary
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271104000472
LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY
5300 GLENWOOD ST, DULUTH, MN 55804 · (218) 336-8875 · St. Louis County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL510 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
108 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 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
21%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
65.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
66.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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
60.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.7%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY
LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY's state test result (60.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY this school | 510 | 21.2% | 60.3% |
| DOVER-EYOTA ELEMENTARY EYOTA | 509 | 21.0% | 56.0% |
| RAVEN STREAM ELEMENTARY NEW PRAGUE | 542 | 20.7% | 44.9% |
| Barnesville Elementary School BARNESVILLE | 490 | 21.4% | 58.4% |
| CONGDON ELEMENTARY DULUTH | 474 | 20.7% | 64.7% |
| FALCON RIDGE NEW PRAGUE | 519 | 17.9% | 46.3% |
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 LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #137 of 844 | #5 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #163 of 844 | #4 of 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #108 of 844 | #5 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 510 | #281 of 1,130 | #4 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #345 of 769 | #13 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.8% | #665 of 796 | #24 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.2% | #811 of 942 | #27 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #357 of 499 | #13 of 19 |
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
510
-36 (-7%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 430
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 510 | 38.3 | 13.3:1 | 21% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 526 | 39.9 | 13.2:1 | 22% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 575 | 38.1 | 15.1:1 | 20% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 546 | 33 | 16.6:1 | 15% (81) |
| 2017-18 | 553 | 28.8 | 19.2:1 | 16% (91) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 24 | 20.7:1 | 20% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 335 | 14 | 23.9:1 | 20% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 317 | 15 | 21.1:1 | 19% (61) |
| 1990-91 | 430 | 17 | 25.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (553 to 510); teachers up 33% (28.8 to 38.3).
About LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY
A mid-sized elementary school in DULUTH, Minnesota, LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY is part of DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. There are 510 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in Minnesota enroll around 344, and this school is 48% larger than that mark.
Within DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY is one of 31 schools. The district enrolls 8,994 students.
A large majority of enrollment at LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY is White, at 89%. The rest of enrollment is 5% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Among St. Louis County residents, the White share is about 90%. The diversity index for LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY is 21%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY reports a ratio of 13.3 students per teacher, from 38.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. Lunch program data show 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 19 points below the 40% average for public schools in St. Louis County.
On BeatsExpectations, LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY is 6.6 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Minnesota schools.
St. Louis County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $70,069 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY shares St. Louis County with 99 other public schools.
About 0.7 miles separate LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY from the closest public school, Bethany Crisis Shelter. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY is 3rd of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 36 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio was 16.6:1 in 2020-21 and 13.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- CONGDON ELEMENTARYElementary · 474 students
- HOMECROFT ELEMENTARYElementary · 448 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
Nearby schools
- Bethany Crisis Shelter0.7 mi · 2
- Rockridge Academy0.7 mi · 35
- ALC SWS East1.6 mi · 74
- East High School1.6 mi · 1,495
- CONGDON ELEMENTARY2.5 mi · 474
- ALC SWS Ordean East2.7 mi · 47
Frequently asked questions
About LESTER PARK ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY?
LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 510 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY serve?
LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY?
LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 89% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY public or private?
LESTER PARK ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.