Enrollment
245
Elementary
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271104000485
STOWE ELEMENTARY
715 101ST AVE W, DULUTH, MN 55808 · (218) 336-8965 · St. Louis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL245 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
169 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 | 16 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
46%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
31.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
26.9%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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
25.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 STOWE ELEMENTARY
STOWE ELEMENTARY's state test result (25.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| STOWE ELEMENTARY this school | 245 | 69.0% | 25.6% |
| LAURA MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY DULUTH | 277 | 69.7% | 26.2% |
| Vaughan-Steffensrud Elementary CHISHOLM | 207 | 64.7% | 44.4% |
| KELLIHER ELEMENTARY KELLIHER | 168 | 68.5% | 33.3% |
| Washington Elementary HIBBING | 310 | 59.4% | N/A |
| HINCKLEY ELEMENTARY HINCKLEY | 395 | 63.3% | 34.9% |
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 STOWE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #711 of 844 | #25 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #710 of 844 | #24 of 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #689 of 844 | #25 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 245 | #728 of 1,130 | #25 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #36 of 769 | #3 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.7% | #417 of 796 | #7 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.0% | #164 of 942 | #3 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.8% | #90 of 499 | #7 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
245
-13 (-5%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 611
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 245 | 24.6 | 10.0:1 | 69% (169) |
| 2023-24 | 239 | 23.2 | 10.3:1 | 71% (169) |
| 2022-23 | 239 | 22.7 | 10.5:1 | 70% (167) |
| 2020-21 | 258 | 21 | 12.3:1 | 55% (141) |
| 2017-18 | 326 | 20.2 | 16.2:1 | 68% (223) |
| 2015-16 | 320 | 21 | 15.2:1 | 65% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 359 | 20 | 17.9:1 | 67% (240) |
| 2000-01 | 516 | 31 | 16.6:1 | 50% (257) |
| 1990-91 | 611 | 23 | 26.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for STOWE ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (326 to 245); teachers up 22% (20.2 to 24.6).
About STOWE ELEMENTARY
STOWE ELEMENTARY is a low-enrollment elementary school serving families in DULUTH, Minnesota. It had 245 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Minnesota average about 344 students, which makes this school 29% below average.
DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT has 31 schools and 8,994 students, and STOWE ELEMENTARY is one of those schools.
The largest group at STOWE ELEMENTARY is White students, at 72%. Other students are 14% multiracial, 7% Black, 4% Native American, and 4% Hispanic. By comparison, St. Louis County residents are about 90% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 46%.
There are 24.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at STOWE ELEMENTARY, giving a ratio of 10.0:1. Elementary schools in Minnesota average 13.7:1, 3.7 more students per teacher than here. A total of 169 students, or 69%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 40% average among public schools in St. Louis County.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, STOWE ELEMENTARY would score about 28.0%. It scores 25.6%, 2.4 points below that figure.
In St. Louis County, median household income comes to about $70,069, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. St. Louis County counts 100 public schools with about 23,921 students.
RALEIGH PRIMARY/EL ACADEMY is about 5.4 miles from STOWE ELEMENTARY, the shortest distance to any other public school. The ten-mile area around STOWE ELEMENTARY holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, STOWE ELEMENTARY ranks 8th on proficiency.
STOWE ELEMENTARY is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, STOWE ELEMENTARY had a net loss of 13 students, or 5%. By 2024-25, the school had 10.0 students per teacher, compared with 12.3 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for STOWE ELEMENTARY lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
Other Stowe Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Stowe Elementary. STOWE ELEMENTARY is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Stowe Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 558 students
- Stowe Elementary SchoolStowe, VT · 379 students
- Stowe Elementary SchoolStowe, VT · 347 students
- Stowe Elementary SchoolDes Moines, IA · 297 students
Nearby schools
- RALEIGH PRIMARY/EL ACADEMY5.4 mi · 208
- Proctor Senior High5.5 mi · 540
- A.I. Jedlicka Middle School5.5 mi · 450
- Early Childhood Center5.7 mi · 36
- Bay View Elementary5.7 mi · 529
- Bryant Elementary6.1 mi · 283
Frequently asked questions
About STOWE ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at STOWE ELEMENTARY?
STOWE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 245 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does STOWE ELEMENTARY serve?
STOWE ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does STOWE ELEMENTARY have?
STOWE ELEMENTARY employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
How diverse is STOWE ELEMENTARY?
STOWE ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 72% White, 4% Hispanic, 7% Black, 14% Two or more.
Is STOWE ELEMENTARY public or private?
STOWE 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.