STOWE ELEMENTARY

STOWE ELEMENTARY is one of the intimate K-5 schools in DULUTH, Minnesota, operated by DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 245 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 29% leaner than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

STOWE ELEMENTARY is one of 31 schools operated by DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 8,994 students overall.

Demographically, STOWE ELEMENTARY reports that White students make up the majority at 72%. The remainder reads as 14% multiracial, 7% Black, 4% Native American, 4% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting STOWE ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, STOWE ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.6%.

In the broader community, census data for St. Louis County shows the typical household earns roughly $70,069 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across St. Louis County's 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,921 students), STOWE ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is RALEIGH PRIMARY/EL ACADEMY, roughly 5.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, STOWE ELEMENTARY comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.6%.

STOWE ELEMENTARY operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at STOWE ELEMENTARY has ticked down 25%, going from 326 students in 2018 to 245 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 78% to 72% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.