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Lincoln Park Middle School

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Lincoln Park Middle School ranks 322 nd of 546 Minnesota middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

322^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 546 Minnesota Middle Schools

Better than 41% of Minnesota middle schools

Summary

Lincoln Park Middle School is a 606-student, grades 6–8 school at 3215 W 3rd St in Duluth, MN, where about 54.5% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch and classes are unusually small at 12.1 students per teacher.

In 2025–2026, the school earned 2 stars and ranked 41st percentile among Minnesota middle schools, below its district, Duluth Public School District (63rd percentile). Math is the clearest challenge: 24.7% proficiency versus 44.9% for the state, last among nearby comprehensive middle schools such as Ordean East Middle School (45.1%), Hermantown Middle (55.4%), Cloquet Middle (47.4%), and A.I. Jedlicka Middle School (34.4%). Reading is stronger at 42.2% but still below the state’s 48.6%. Eighth-grade science, at 16.5%, is essentially at the state line (16.7%).

The school’s trajectory is improving: its rank rose from 28th to 32nd to 41st percentile over three years, driven mostly by reading gains (30.7% in 2022–23 to 42.2% in 2025–26) while math stayed roughly flat. Several student groups have moved up, including low-income students, special education students, and students experiencing homelessness, who rank in the top tier of reporting schools. Class size is the smallest among its peer group despite serving the highest-poverty population. Still, math remains about 20 points below state and district averages, and one student group has remained at 0 stars for three years. The momentum is real, but math and that persistent subgroup gap are the biggest limits on the school’s overall results.

606

Students ?

12.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$18,109

Per pupil spending ?

54.5%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in Minnesota receive free school meals.

3215 W 3rd St
Duluth, MN 55806-8888

(218) 336-8880

District: Duluth Public School District

Students who attend Lincoln Park Middle School usually attend:

High:

Denfeld High School

Feeder schools for Lincoln Park Middle School:

Elementary:	Laura MacArthur Elementary
	Lowell Elementary
	Myers-Wilkins Elementary
	Piedmont Elementary
	More...
	Stowe Elementary

Racial breakdown:

White:

63.4%

Two or more races:

17.5%

African American:

7.9%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 26th percentile in 2016 → 41st in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 15 percentile points since 2016

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Minnesota average (31% vs 43% meeting standards)

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

!Math scores 20 pts below the Minnesota average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school31%

District avg47%

Minnesota avg43%

322^nd of 546

Minnesota public middle schools ?

Bottom 41%▲ up 15 pts since 2016

From bottom 26% (2016) to bottom 41% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 2Middle Schools in the Duluth Public School District

170^th of 458Duluth Public School District 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
2026	41.8	322 of 546	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	35.7	355 of 519	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.7	395 of 545	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.7	392 of 529	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.0	369 of 520	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	35.7	348 of 521	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	24.6	424 of 533	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.5	387 of 518	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	29.2	391 of 523	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	32.8	377 of 508	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	25.5	414 of 516	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	26.2	395 of 490	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	20.7	411 of 488	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	19.2	404 of 469	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	18.6	416 of 478	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	26.2	384 of 454	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	47.3	259 of 409	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2007	32.6	327 of 403	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	38.0	314 of 406	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	46.4	276 of 396	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2004	37.0	301 of 387	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	16.4	169 of 185	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	15.0	156 of 169	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.6	176 of 179	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	32.9	117 of 164	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	38.8	101 of 162	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	52.2	62 of 141	56.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	22.7	123 of 148	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.3	116 of 137	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	38.9	294 of 467	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	30.1	333 of 450	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.9	366 of 474	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.8	373 of 455	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.8	355 of 467	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	33.9	313 of 443	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.2	374 of 439	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.1	342 of 436	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2023	60.9	48 of 178	73.0%	★★★★☆
2022	41.3	103 of 188	45.2%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	67.1	3 of 21	85.7%	★★★★★
2019	41.8	12 of 19	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	55.2	10 of 25	60.0%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	38.6	296 of 458	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2025	30.5	319 of 432	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.1	382 of 473	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.6	347 of 459	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.6	292 of 404	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	45.6	216 of 399	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	28.7	322 of 415	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.9	317 of 401	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	39.1	310 of 483	35.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	35.9	306 of 452	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	28.4	366 of 479	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.9	327 of 464	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.6	333 of 476	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	32.9	300 of 437	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	24.7	361 of 454	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.5	342 of 438	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	30.1	96 of 124	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	9.2	110 of 113	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.9	107 of 116	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.6	103 of 107	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	23.2	111 of 131	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.2	77 of 97	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.5	108 of 120	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	11.6	108 of 114	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	45.5	35 of 62	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2025	35.8	33 of 50	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	23.0	47 of 55	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	40.8	31 of 49	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	43.7	13 of 22	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	66.5	6 of 18	66.7%	★★★★☆
2019	37.9	16 of 23	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	64.8	8 of 23	65.2%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	35.0	198 of 296	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	28.9	204 of 265	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.0	229 of 307	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.1	226 of 298	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.1	234 of 288	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	31.5	197 of 260	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	36.3	191 of 282	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	18.2	226 of 253	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2026	32.5	312 of 435	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	27.3	331 of 415	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.3	379 of 440	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.2	375 of 436	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.4	359 of 438	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.9	351 of 422	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.3	390 of 428	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	27.1	345 of 428	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Homeless (2026)86th percentile+45 vs school

Hispanic (2023)73rd percentile+47 vs school

Native American (2026)44th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2026)37th percentile-4 vs school

Male (2026)36th percentile-5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)35th percentile-6 vs school

Special Education (2026)33rd percentile-8 vs school

White (2026)28th percentile-13 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)23rd percentile-18 vs school

African American (2026)9th percentile-32 vs school

By subject vs Minnesota (2025-2026) ?

Reading42%-6 vs state

Math25%-20 vs state

Science16%-9 vs state

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What people are saying

by a citizen
Tuesday, March 27, 2018

this school as not as bad as it seems it has lots of good kids Close Quote

by a student
Sunday, October 22, 2017

Teachers and students are very very bad teachers don’t do their jobs at all and the kids are twice as horrible Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)					MCA-IV Science (2026)			MCA-III Math (2026)					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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 5th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 6th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 7th Grade	MCA-IV Reading 8th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science 5th Grade	MCA-IV Science 8th Grade	MCA-IV Science All Grades	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	Total
Lincoln Park Middle School	Public	6-8	3215 W 3rd St	Duluth	55806	St. Louis County	Duluth Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(218) 336-8880	606	50	12.1	54.5%	384 (63.4%)	48 (7.9%)	27 (4.5%)	7 (1.2%)	34 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	106 (17.5%)	41.8	322^nd of 546 public middle schools	41.0%		35.7	355^th of 519 public middle schools	31.6%	33		48.6	33.9	44.4	42.2		16.5	16.5		21.7	26.7	25.8	24.7	$18,109
Alternative Learning Center SWS Lincoln Park	Public	6-8	3215 W 3rd St	Duluth	55806	St. Louis County	Duluth Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(218) 336-8756	65	1	73.8	69.2%	37 (56.9%)	8 (12.3%)	2 (3.1%)	1 (1.5%)	7 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (15.4%)								(n/a)
A.I. Jedlicka Middle School	Public	6-8	131 9th Ave	Proctor	55810	St. Louis County	Proctor Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 628-4926	450	27	16.6	35.3%	398 (88.4%)	3 (0.7%)	20 (4.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.0%)	60.9	190^th of 546 public middle schools	65.2%		59.7	191^st of 519 public middle schools	63.2%	1		57.6	44.8	56.3	53.0		16.2	16.2		33.6	44.4	25.2	34.4	$10,423
Ordean East Middle School	Public	6-8	2900 E 4th St	Duluth	55812	St. Louis County	Duluth Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 336-8940	1,037	57	18.3	22.4%	900 (86.8%)	12 (1.2%)	36 (3.5%)	13 (1.3%)	11 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	64 (6.2%)	80.6	68^th of 546 public middle schools	87.5%		83.2	58^th of 519 public middle schools	88.8%	10		71.7	59.9	62.5	64.8		23.2	23.2		37.2	50.4	48.0	45.1	$13,932
Alternative Learning Center SWS Ordean East	Public	6-8	2900 E 4th St	Duluth	55812	St. Louis County	Duluth Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(218) 336-8756	47	2	23.7	61.7%	35 (74.5%)	2 (4.3%)	2 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (14.9%)								(n/a)
Hermantown Middle	Public	5-8	4335 Hawk Circle Drive	Hermantown	55811	St. Louis County	Hermantown Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(218) 729-6690	677	41	16.3	14.8%	615 (90.8%)	5 (0.7%)	10 (1.5%)	9 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (5.5%)	87.8	40^th of 546 public middle schools	92.7%		83.9	52^nd of 519 public middle schools	90.0%	12	66.1	63.3	60.6	67.6	64.4	26.4	31.9	29.2	60.7	50.3	57.6	53.0	55.4	$9,632
Cloquet Middle	Public	5-8	2001 Washington Ave	Cloquet	55720	Carlton County	Cloquet Public School District	No	No	No	No	(218) 879-3328	752	44	16.9	42.8%	513 (68.2%)	7 (0.9%)	24 (3.2%)	5 (0.7%)	92 (12.2%)	0 (0.0%)	111 (14.8%)	68.4	136^th of 546 public middle schools	75.1%		64.1	161^st of 519 public middle schools	69.0%	25	56.1	55.7	44.0	51.7	51.7	30.2	13.5	21.0	43.6	51.7	44.0	49.7	47.4	$11,118

Frequently Asked Questions about Lincoln Park Middle School

How many students attend Lincoln Park Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 606 students attended Lincoln Park Middle School.

What high school do graduates of Lincoln Park Middle School attend?

Students who attend Lincoln Park Middle School usually go on to attend Denfeld High School

Is Lincoln Park Middle School a good school?

Lincoln Park Middle School ranks 322^nd of 546 Minnesota middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Lincoln Park Middle School?

Students at Lincoln Park Middle School are 63% White, 17% Two or more races, 8% African American, 6% American Indian, 4% Hispanic, 1% Asian.

What district is Lincoln Park Middle School in?

Duluth Public School District

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2019–20 through 2025–26 immunization rates (updated)NewOct 19, 2026

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2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesJun 13, 2026

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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