MinnesotaSchoolsLowell Elementary

Lowell Elementary

PublicGrades 05
DULUTH, Minnesota · DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students303
Student:Teacher10.8:1
Free/Reduced Lunch48%
Title INo

Around this school

US Census ACS 2022 five-year estimates for ZIP 55811 — the area around Lowell Elementary.

Median home value
$273k
Owner-occupied (ACS B25077)
Median rent
$1k
Gross rent (ACS B25064)
Median household income
$75k
ACS B19013
Poverty rate
11.5%
ACS B17001

Walk, bike, transit

Scores 0–100 based on nearby amenity density and commute mode share. "Somewhat Walkable" tier.

Walk score
57
Somewhat walkable
Bike score
46
Transit score
5

Air quality

From the nearest EPA AQS monitor (2.5 km away). Source: EPA AQS annual_conc_by_monitor_2024 (approximated; nearest monitor within 50.0km).

Air Quality Index
32
Good
PM2.5
5.8 µg/m³
Ozone
37.8 ppb
90-day 95th pct
74
AQI on worst days
Bad days (90d)
3
days above 100 AQI

How the area gets around

Commute time + mode share for residents of ZIP 55811 (ACS S0801).

Mean commute
16 min
Drive alone
86%
Public transit
0%
Walk
3.4%
Bike
0.2%
Work from home
10%

What's nearby

Closest libraries, parks, hospitals, grocery stores, and police stations within 10 km (OpenStreetMap).

Libraries
  • College of Saint Scholastica Library1.2 km
  • Library Annex2.9 km
  • Kathryn A. Martin Library2.9 km
Parks
  • Web Woods1.1 km
  • Duluth Heights Park1.2 km
  • Pennell Heights1.6 km
Hospitals
  • Essentia Health Saint Mary's Medical Center3.1 km
  • Essentia Miller Dwan Building3.2 km
  • St. Lukes Hospital3.2 km
Grocery stores
  • Super One Foods2.0 km
  • Cub Foods2.2 km
  • Whole Foods Co-op2.9 km
Police stations
  • St Louis County Sheriff3.6 km
  • Hermantown Police Department7.5 km

Coming soon

Additional context being ingested.

Pending update
Home value trends (Zillow)
12-month and 5-year price-change from Zillow ZHVI — we have the current value from ACS, trends are the next step — expected this week.
Pending update
Property taxes
Effective rate + median annual tax from county assessor data — expected this week.
Pending update
Adjacent ZIP school comparison
Test-score deltas across neighbouring ZIPs — expected this week.