Pike Lake Elementary

Pike Lake Elementary is a medium-sized elementary campus in DULUTH, Minnesota, one of the schools within Proctor Public School District. The school teaches 293 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 5 schools in Proctor Public School District (1,848 students total), Pike Lake Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Pike Lake Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). The remainder breaks down as 2% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below St. Louis County's rate of about 40%.

After controlling for student poverty, Pike Lake Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.6%, the actual is 60.9%, a residual of +8.3 points.

In the broader community, census data for St. Louis County shows 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%. Across St. Louis County's 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,921 students), Pike Lake Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hermantown Senior High, around 3.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Pike Lake Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pike Lake Elementary at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 50.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pike Lake Elementary has increased 27%, going from 230 students in 2018 to 293 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.