North Shore Community School

The area served by North Shore Community School contains just one school, North Shore Community School, an elementary school serving grades PK–6 with 355 students in Duluth, MN. There are no middle, high, or alternative schools here, so families have a single option to consider. The district is also named North Shore Community School, appears to be a single-school district, and every test score reported at the district level matches the school exactly. About 29.86% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the student/teacher ratio is 13.9. The school is ranked 120 out of 458 districts, placing it in the 74th percentile with 4 stars.

Academically, reading is this school's strongest subject. In 2025–2026, 61.1% of all grades tested proficient in reading versus 48.6% statewide, and every tested grade level beat the state average. Sixth grade reading stands out dramatically at 78.6% proficient compared with 53.4% statewide, a 25.2 percentage-point gap. Math is also solid: 56.6% proficient versus 44.9% statewide, with 6th grade math at 58.1% versus 39.5%. Third and 4th grade math also exceed state averages.

Science is the clear weak spot. In 2025–2026, science proficiency was 12% at both the all-grade and 5th grade levels, versus roughly 25.5%–25.9% statewide. That is a sharp reversal from 2024–2025, when science was 32% proficient against 26.15% statewide — though this likely reflects a different 5th grade cohort. Fifth grade is the most uneven level overall: reading is strong at 64% versus 54.5%, math is slightly below state at 39.2% versus 41.9%, and science lags far behind. The school's rank also slipped from 4 stars in 2023–2024 and 2024–2025 to 3 stars in 2025–2026.