Schools · Silver Bay

Silver Bay, MN schools

Silver Bay’s public schools score close to Minnesota’s averages: 53% of students are proficient in reading against 52.5% statewide, and 92% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.4%. Kids attend William Kelley Elementary through grade 5, then Wm. M. Kelley Secondary.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

BSchool Grade

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Silver Bay’s School Grade: B

The public schools Silver Bay’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 58% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

B-Test scoresBGraduation

Minnesota school districts we grade (491)Better than 58%

Lower resultsHigher results

Minnesota towns with similar household incomes (1,205)Better than 53%

High confidence. Built on 598 tested students and a graduating class of 111; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Minnesota’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Minnesota only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Minnesota with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Silver Bay kids go to school

Grades PK–5

B+William Kelley Elementary 143 students · Silver Bay Lake Superior Public School District

Grades 6–12

A-Wm. M. Kelley Secondary 179 students · Silver Bay Lake Superior Public School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Lake Superior Public)53%

State average 52.5%

Math (grades PK–12, Lake Superior Public)34%

State average 44.2%

Graduation · class of 2020

92% graduate on time

Graduation rate

92%

MN: 84.4%

Graduating class

111

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Silver Bay

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Lake Superior Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,286 students

$15,682 per studentMN $17,091B

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Silver Bay

There’s no college within 30 miles of Silver Bay. The closest is University of Minnesota-Duluth in Duluth, MN, 50.3 miles away.

University of Minnesota-DuluthUniversity or college · Public · Duluth50.3 mi9,130 students The College of Saint ScholasticaUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Duluth51.1 mi2,143 students

Northland CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Ashland52.9 mi485 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Silver Bay. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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