Best Public Schools in Zip Code 55807

ZIP code 55807 in Duluth, Minnesota has five schools serving pre-kindergarten through 12th grade: two elementary schools, two high schools, one K–12 alternative school, and no standalone middle school. Together they enroll about 1,568 students, but enrollment is concentrated — Denfeld High School alone has 951 students, about 60.7% of the total, and Denfeld plus Laura MacArthur Elementary make up roughly 78.3%. Four schools belong to Duluth Public School District; Raleigh Primary/Elementary Academy is in Duluth Public Schools Academy. Student needs and staffing vary widely: free/reduced-lunch rates run from 48.48% at Denfeld to 93.33% at Merritt Creek Academy, and student-teacher ratios range from 6 at Merritt Creek to 38.7 at Alternative Learning Center SWS Denfeld.

Academically, 2025–2026 all-grade proficiency results exist for four of the five schools, and all four are below state averages in math, reading, and science. Laura MacArthur Elementary leads with 29.4% math and 41.3% reading, but its science score is only 7.1%, far below the district's 33.6% and the state's 25.5%. Raleigh Academy posts 27% math, 38% reading, and 20.8% science — above its own district in science. Denfeld High School reports 18% math, 24.3% reading, and 23.2% science, the closest any ZIP school comes to the state science mark. Merritt Creek Academy is lowest at 10.9% math, 11.1% reading, and 13.6% science. Alternative Learning Center SWS Denfeld reports no test, rank, or outcome data.

Outcome trends are mixed. Denfeld, the only school with graduation and dropout data, has an 84.7% graduation rate — essentially even with the state's 84.9% and above the district's 80.3% — but a 6.6% dropout rate above the district's 3.3% and the state's 4.2%. Its rank percentile fell from 57 to 25, and its star rating dropped from 3 stars to 1 star. Raleigh slid from the 33rd to the 24th percentile and from 2 stars to 1 star; Laura MacArthur stayed at 1 star. Bright spots: Laura MacArthur's 3rd grade reading is 48.8%, above district and state, and Raleigh's 6th grade reading is 58.3%, above the state, though Raleigh's 6th grade math is 0%. Many Merritt Creek Academy grade-level values are suppressed for privacy and are unknown, not zeros.