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Lester Park Elementary

๐Ÿ“ 5300 Glenwood Ave, Duluth, St. Louis County, 55804

575
Pupils
15.1
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Lester Park Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Duluth, St. Louis County. The school has 575 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Duluth Public School District school district. It serves grades Kโ€“5 in an urban setting. The school employs 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. 77% of students are proficient in reading. 73% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

School district
Duluth Public School District

Enrollment & staffing

Lester Park Elementary enrolls 575 students across grades Kโ€“5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.

Male students
298 (52%)
Female students
277 (48%)
Teachers (FTE)
38.1
Student-teacher ratio
15.1:1
Grade span
Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% White, 7.3% Two or more races and 1.9% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White51089%
Two or more races427.3%
Hispanic or Latino111.9%
Asian61%
American Indian or Alaska Native4<1%
Black or African American2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

116 of the school's 575 students (20%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 102 qualify for free lunch and 14 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

City, SmallGrades Kโ€“5

Lester Park Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MN-80, state senate district 7.

School district: DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT

Lester Park Elementary is one of 28 schools in DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in DULUTH, Minnesota. The district serves 8,723 students district-wide and employs 544 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 575 students, Lester Park Elementary is larger than the district average of about 312 students per school.

8,723
District students
28
Schools
544
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

77%
Reading proficient
73%
Math proficient
5%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: City - Small

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