Summary:
St. Louis County School District covers a wide swath of northeastern Minnesota and includes 9 listed schools — 5 elementary schools serving PK–6 and 4 secondary schools serving grades 7–12 — enrolling 1,914 students. School sizes range from 95 students at Babbitt Elementary and Tower-Soudan Elementary to 303 at South Ridge Elementary. Districtwide, the district ranks 323 of 458 in Minnesota, placing it in the 29th percentile with 1 star.
The clearest bright spot is Cherry Elementary, the only 3-star school in the district and its highest-ranked at 358 of 869 elementary schools (59th percentile). Its reading (52.1%) beats the state's 48.6%, and its science (35.9%) is far above the state's 25.5%. Babbitt Elementary posts the district's top science score (43.8%) despite lower math (30.9%) and reading (38.9%). South Ridge Elementary has the highest single grade-level result, 71.8% in 3rd grade math. Among secondary schools, North Woods Secondary ranks highest (281 of 473, 41st percentile) with the strongest reading (43.2%), while Cherry Secondary has the highest graduation rate (93.7%) but the district's lowest rank percentile (14th).
District proficiency trails Minnesota in every subject: math 31.7% vs. 44.9%, reading 40.8% vs. 48.6%, and science 17.1% vs. 25.5%. Math is the largest gap, and 11th grade math is especially low at 12.3% versus the state's 35.3%; 8th grade science is 6.9% versus 16.7%. Elementary schools consistently outperform secondary schools — elementary math ranges from 30.9% to 43.6%, while secondary math ranges from 16.8% to 27.8%. Graduation is a strength: 93.2% districtwide versus 84.9% statewide, with Northeast Range Secondary at 100% and a 0% dropout rate. Trends diverge: Cherry Elementary improved from the 45th to the 59th percentile, while North Woods Elementary fell from the 46th to the 27th.
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