North Star Elementary

North Star Elementary is an elementary school of moderately sized scale in HUGO, Minnesota, part of White Bear Lake School District, enrolling 467 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 36% bigger than typical.

White Bear Lake School District comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 8,571 students; North Star Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, North Star Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 77%. The remainder comes out to 9% Asian, 6% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. Compared to Washington County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), North Star Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Washington County indicate median household earnings sit near $115,345, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. North Star Elementary is one of 103 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 46,313 students).

White Bear Transition Plus Program is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts North Star Elementary at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 50.7%.

North Star Elementary operates from a suburban location.

On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.