Tower-Soudan Elementary

Tower-Soudan Elementary is a primary school of minimally staffed scale in TOWER, Minnesota, run under ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 95 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 72% smaller than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 1,914 students; Tower-Soudan Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Tower-Soudan Elementary records that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 32% Native American, 13% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 4% Asian. By comparison, St. Louis County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Tower-Soudan Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 59% of students at Tower-Soudan Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, St. Louis County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Tower-Soudan Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 35.9%, a residual of +2.5 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for St. Louis County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,069, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Tower-Soudan Elementary is one of 100 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 23,921 students).

The closest other public school is Vermilion Country School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tower-Soudan Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 35.9%.

Tower-Soudan Elementary operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Tower-Soudan Elementary's enrollment has increased 22% since 2018, when it stood at 78 (now 95). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 69% to 47%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 8.3:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.