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North Shore Community School

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North Shore Community School ranks 201 st of 872 Minnesota elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades PK, KG-6

201^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 872 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Better than 77% of Minnesota elementary schools

Summary

North Shore Community School is a public charter elementary school serving grades PK-6 in Duluth, Minnesota, with 353 students. The school is part of the North Shore Community School District, which is ranked 60 out of 446 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

North Shore Community School consistently performs above the state average in both math and reading proficiency across all grade levels. In 2024-2025, the school had 57.44% of students proficient or better in math and 64.25% in reading, compared to the state averages of 45.21% and 49.59%, respectively. The school's performance is particularly strong in 3rd grade, where 65.45% of students were proficient or better in math and 64.81% in reading, compared to the state averages of 57.93% and 46.14%. North Shore Community School's performance on the MCA-III science assessment is also above the state average, with 53.57% of students proficient or better in 2022-2023, compared to the state average of 39.21%.

North Shore Community School excels in serving students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, ranking in the top 5% of Minnesota elementary schools for this subgroup in the last three school years. The school's performance for female students is also noteworthy, ranking in the top 15-20% of Minnesota elementary schools for this subgroup in the last three school years. However, the school's performance for male students and students with special needs is more average, ranking in the middle 30-40% of Minnesota elementary schools for these subgroups. Compared to nearby public schools, such as Myers-Wilkins Elementary and North Star Academy, North Shore Community School significantly outperforms them in both math and reading proficiency.

355

Students ?

13.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,532

Per pupil spending ?

29.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

5926 Ryan Rd
Duluth, MN 55804-9672

(218) 525-0663

District: North Shore Community School

Racial breakdown:

White:

98.3%

Two or more races:

1.1%

Hispanic:

0.6%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 63rd percentile in 2015 → 77th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Minnesota average (61% vs 47% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 23% of Minnesota elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 14 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school61%

District avg61%

Minnesota avg47%

201^st of 872

Minnesota public elementary schools ?

Top 23%▲ up 14 pts since 2015

From top 37% (2015) to top 23% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

60^th of 446North Shore Community School among Minnesota districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	75.5	201 of 872	76.9%	★★★★☆
2024	73.1	225 of 881	74.5%	★★★★☆
2023	75.0	204 of 845	75.9%	★★★★☆
2022	67.8	283 of 858	67.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	63.1	333 of 869	61.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	69.4	264 of 870	69.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	67.5	284 of 847	66.5%	★★★☆☆
2017	58.0	419 of 853	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2016	64.0	333 of 848	60.7%	★★★☆☆
2015	65.5	309 of 840	63.2%	★★★☆☆
2014	56.3	425 of 826	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2013	59.0	387 of 824	53.0%	★★★☆☆
2012	51.8	498 of 820	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2011	47.5	535 of 814	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2010	61.4	360 of 803	55.2%	★★★☆☆
2008	66.0	269 of 781	65.6%	★★★☆☆
2007	54.1	428 of 777	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2006	66.8	237 of 756	68.7%	★★★☆☆
2005	78.3	88 of 685	87.2%	★★★★☆
2004	41.5	481 of 676	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2003	69.6	182 of 674	73.0%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	78.5	143 of 799	82.1%	★★★★☆
2024	73.1	195 of 809	75.9%	★★★★☆
2023	79.2	126 of 787	84.0%	★★★★☆
2022	73.6	191 of 799	76.1%	★★★★☆
2021	63.4	300 of 783	61.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	67.1	269 of 787	65.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	59.7	362 of 774	53.2%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	88.6	37 of 764	95.2%	★★★★★
2024	86.3	52 of 793	93.4%	★★★★★
2023	82.9	67 of 774	91.3%	★★★★★
2022	75.7	107 of 663	83.9%	★★★★☆
2021	64.7	208 of 683	69.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	56.1	326 of 740	55.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	69.0	191 of 728	73.8%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	67.0	271 of 812	66.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	65.1	280 of 826	66.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	61.6	314 of 799	60.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	58.2	356 of 808	55.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	58.0	352 of 784	55.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	68.1	259 of 798	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	70.8	215 of 779	72.4%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	54.9	224 of 562	60.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	47.9	295 of 572	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	25.8	422 of 524	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	10.0	402 of 417	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	56.2	319 of 714	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	53.6	333 of 730	54.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	58.7	293 of 712	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	46.1	420 of 725	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	42.5	446 of 710	37.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	44.9	442 of 722	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	44.3	444 of 712	37.6%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)95th percentile+18 vs school

Female (2025)82nd percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)67th percentile-10 vs school

Special Education (2025)60th percentile-17 vs school

White (2025)55th percentile-22 vs school

By subject vs Minnesota (2024-2025) ?

Reading64%+15 vs state

Math57%+12 vs state

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by a parent
Monday, October 16, 2017

This school has some innovative curriculum ideas and some good teachers that keep it out of the 1-star category. It is a close-knit community that suffers from significant differences among staff going back many years. Leadership has been drawn into these struggles in detrimental ways and there has been significant turmoil related to leadership. Struggles are so sginifcant that the school board has been unable to deal effectively with them and has turned to outside consultants and lawyers to help make determinations and plans to rectify the situation with staff and leadership. The school used to be known for small classes, but caps have been removed in most grades, allowing class size averages to be the same as in Duluth, where many think the classes are too big. Growth in enrollment of students from Duluth has also been an issue for the school as it tries to hold onto its view of itself as as a school serving the community of Duluth Township. The school successfully lobbied for a change in state law that allows it to give geographic preference to Duluth Township families, which is completely opposite of one of the underlying ideas behind MN Charter School law that charter schools serve all interested students regardless of geogrpahic location. The school's MCA scores have declined in recent years. I advise due diligence looking into this school very closely before choosing it. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCA-III Math (2025)							MCA-III Reading (2025)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-III Math 3rd Grade	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-III Reading 4th Grade	MCA-III Reading 5th Grade	MCA-III Reading 6th Grade	MCA-III Reading 7th Grade	MCA-III Reading 8th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
North Shore Community School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-6	5926 Ryan Rd	Duluth	55804	St. Louis County	North Shore Community School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(218) 525-0663	355	26	13.9	29.9%	349 (98.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	75.5	201^st of 872 public elementary schools	76.9%		73.1	225^th of 881 public elementary schools	74.5%	24	65.5	56.9	46.9	60.0			57.4	64.8	49.0	76.0	68.4			64.3	$11,532
Lakewood Elementary	Public	K-5	5207 N Tischer Rd	Duluth	55804	St. Louis County	Duluth Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 336-8870	254	16	15.9	34.6%	244 (96.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.0%)	86.7	78^th of 872 public elementary schools	91.1%		88.3	59^th of 881 public elementary schools	93.3%	19	78.0	65.2	59.0				68.2	74.0	63.0	84.6				73.3	$13,114
Lester Park Elementary	Public	K-5	5300 Glenwood St	Duluth	55804	St. Louis County	Duluth Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 336-8875	510	38	13.3	21.2%	453 (88.8%)	8 (1.6%)	13 (2.5%)	7 (1.4%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.7%)	82.2	121^st of 872 public elementary schools	86.1%		83.7	104^th of 881 public elementary schools	88.2%	17	72.0	74.4	54.4				66.7	57.3	61.5	75.0				65.0	$13,351
Congdon Elementary	Public	K-5	3116 E Superior St	Duluth	55812	St. Louis County	Duluth Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 336-8825	474	28	16.6	20.7%	402 (84.8%)	7 (1.5%)	20 (4.2%)	7 (1.5%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	33 (7.0%)	84.8	95^th of 872 public elementary schools	89.1%		89.6	46^th of 881 public elementary schools	94.8%	49	75.0	66.7	53.9				64.2	64.7	64.6	89.0				73.9	$12,698
Homecroft Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4784 Howard Gnesen Rd	Duluth	55803	St. Louis County	Duluth Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 336-8865	448	25	17.7	26.3%	417 (93.1%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.1%)	83.7	105^th of 872 public elementary schools	88.0%		90.1	39^th of 881 public elementary schools	95.6%	66	71.2	68.5	66.2				68.6	60.3	57.5	81.8				66.8	$13,660
Minnehaha Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	421 7th St	Two Harbors	55616	Lake County	Lake Superior Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 834-8221	367	27	13.7	39.2%	346 (94.3%)	3 (0.8%)	10 (2.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	66.4	307^th of 872 public elementary schools	64.8%		50.8	484^th of 881 public elementary schools	45.1%	177	65.6	55.9	53.1				58.6	49.2	49.2	65.3				53.9	$11,481
Myers-Wilkins Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1027 N 8th Ave E	Duluth	55805	St. Louis County	Duluth Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 336-8860	329	43	7.7	84.8%	119 (36.2%)	58 (17.6%)	17 (5.2%)	2 (0.6%)	36 (10.9%)	1 (0.3%)	96 (29.2%)	15.7	747^th of 872 public elementary schools	14.3%		9.7	793^rd of 881 public elementary schools	10.0%	46	39.2	12.5	4.9				20.0	40.4	20.4	20.9				27.8	$18,907
North Star Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	3301 Technology Dr	Duluth	55811	St. Louis County	Duluth Public Schools Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(218) 728-9556	572	55	10.4	50.5%	385 (67.3%)	44 (7.7%)	25 (4.4%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (3.5%)	1 (0.2%)	96 (16.8%)	39.5	577^th of 872 public elementary schools	33.8%		33.7	630^th of 881 public elementary schools	28.5%	53	63.2	42.9	19.7	27.3	20.3	20.2	30.1	45.8	35.4	48.1	45.5	39.7	41.4	42.8	$14,617
Lowell Elementary	Public	K-5	2000 Rice Lake Rd	Duluth	55811	St. Louis County	Duluth Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 336-8895	312	27	11.3	44.2%	208 (66.7%)	13 (4.2%)	14 (4.5%)	5 (1.6%)	31 (9.9%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (13.1%)	49.5	478^th of 872 public elementary schools	45.2%		47.8	521^st of 881 public elementary schools	40.9%	43	54.6	56.8	31.5				47.1	40.0	45.5	57.4				47.7	$13,604
Lowell Elementary Spanish Immersion	Public	K-5	2000 Rice Lake Rd	Duluth	55811	St. Louis County	Duluth Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 336-8895	329	18	18.4	14.3%	268 (81.5%)	3 (0.9%)	38 (11.6%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.9%)	72.6	236^th of 872 public elementary schools	72.9%		73.4	222^nd of 881 public elementary schools	74.8%	14	67.2	63.3	54.4				62.2	52.5	55.1	65.2				57.1

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What is the racial makeup of North Shore Community School?

Students at North Shore Community School are 98% White, 1% Two or more races.

How many students attend North Shore Community School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 355 students attended North Shore Community School.

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North Shore Community School ranks 201^st of 872 Minnesota elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

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