Enrollment
329
Elementary
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271104000479
MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY
1027 N 8TH AVE E, DULUTH, MN 55805 · (218) 336-8860 · St. Louis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL329 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
7.7:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
279 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 48%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
74%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
27.8%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
20.0%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
22.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY
MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY's state test result (22.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY this school | 329 | 84.8% | 22.7% |
| J.W. Smith Elementary BEMIDJI | 238 | 82.4% | 17.3% |
| MAHNOMEN ELEMENTARY MAHNOMEN | 319 | 82.8% | 17.7% |
| CASS LAKE-BENA ELEMENTARY CASS LAKE | 450 | 85.3% | 29.1% |
| Northland Elementary REMER | 185 | 77.3% | 25.6% |
| AFSA Elementary LITTLE CANADA | 149 | 82.6% | 20.4% |
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 MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #733 of 844 | #26 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #750 of 844 | #26 of 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #725 of 844 | #26 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 329 | #595 of 1,130 | #14 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.7:1 | #8 of 769 | #1 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.8% | #55 of 796 | #1 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.8% | #69 of 942 | #1 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.3% | #74 of 499 | #5 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
329
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 648
Student : Teacher
7.7:1
was 8.6:1
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 | 329 | 42.6 | 7.7:1 | 85% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 319 | 42.7 | 7.5:1 | 90% (288) |
| 2022-23 | 341 | 42.4 | 8.0:1 | 88% (300) |
| 2020-21 | 326 | 38 | 8.6:1 | 85% (278) |
| 2017-18 | 459 | 30.9 | 14.9:1 | 83% (380) |
| 2015-16 | 416 | 33 | 12.6:1 | 79% (328) |
| 2010-11 | 450 | 35 | 12.9:1 | 81% (363) |
| 2000-01 | 507 | 51 | 9.9:1 | 71% (360) |
| 1990-91 | 648 | 36 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (459 to 329); teachers up 38% (30.9 to 42.6).
About MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY
MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in DULUTH, Minnesota. The school enrolls 329 students, from pre-K through 5.
DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (31 schools, 8,994 students) runs MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY is White (36%). Other groups make up 29% multiracial, 18% Black, 11% Native American, and 5% Hispanic. St. Louis County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school's share is lower. MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY has a diversity index of 74%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 7.7:1, with 42.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Minnesota, the typical ratio is 13.7:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY is 85%. That is higher than the 40% average for public schools in St. Louis County.
Measured against Minnesota public elementary schools, MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY is +3.2 points: 22.7% actual, 19.5% predicted.
Within St. Louis County, median household income is about $70,069, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Federal data list 100 public schools in St. Louis County, with a combined enrollment of about 23,921.
The closest public school, SUPERIOR ACADEMY, is about 0.7 miles from MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
The NCES locale for MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 329, close to the 326 recorded in 2020-21.
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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
- 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
Nearby schools
- SUPERIOR ACADEMY0.7 mi · 19
- SPECIAL ED. N.P.0.9 mi · 25
- EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION0.9 mi · 249
- THE BRIDGE0.9 mi · 25
- CHESTER CREEK ACADEMY1.0 mi · 31
- ALC Independent Study1.0 mi · 235
Frequently asked questions
About MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARYHow many students attend MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY?
MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 329 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY serve?
MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 7.7:1 students per teacher at MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY?
At MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 36% White, 5% Hispanic, 18% Black, 1% Asian, 29% Two or more.
Is MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY public or private?
MYERS-WILKINS ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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