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Duluth Public School District, MN: schools, enrollment and spending
Duluth Public School District runs 30 public schools with 8,723 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.8 students per teacher is 1.4 lower than the Minnesota figure of 15.2.Listed in NCES data as "DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 30
- Students
- 8,723
- Teachers (FTE)
- 633
- Students per teacher
- 13.8
- MN: 15.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 709 Portia Johnson Dr, Duluth, MN 55811
- Phone
- (218)336-8700
- County
- St. Louis County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2711040
- State district ID
- MN-010709
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,347
- School counselors (FTE)
- 20.0About 436 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 37.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.8
Minnesota15.2
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (8,358), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $150.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $17.0 million
- State revenue
- $91.0 million
- Local revenue
- $42.9 million
- Total spending
- $135.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,239
- Salaries
- $67.5 million49.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $153.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.3%
- State: 60.3%
- Local: 28.4%
Minnesota overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 63.0%
- Local: 27.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,239
Minnesota$17,873
United States$16,826
Schools in Duluth Public School District
By level: 8 high, 4 middle, 10 elementary, 7 other, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Academic Excellence Online | High | 6 to 12 | 54 | 4.5 |
| ALC Independent Study | High | 9 to 12 | 235 | 47.0 |
| ALC SWS Denfeld | High | 9 to 12 | 57 | 57.0 |
| ALC SWS East | High | 9 to 12 | 74 | 74.0 |
| ALC SWS Lincoln Park | Middle | 6 to 8 | 65 | |
| ALC SWS Ordean East | Middle | 6 to 8 | 47 | 47.0 |
| Arrowhead Academy | Other | 4 to 12 | 18 | 4.5 |
| Bethany Crisis Shelter | Other | K to 12 | 2 | |
| Chester Creek Academy | Other | K to 12 | 31 | 4.4 |
| Congdon Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 474 | 16.9 |
| Denfeld High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 951 | 16.1 |
| Duluth Area Learning CenterCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 35 | 17.5 |
| Early Childhood Special Education | Prekindergarten | PK | 249 | 35.6 |
| East High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,495 | 20.5 |
| Homecroft Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 448 | 17.9 |
| Lakewood Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 254 | 16.9 |
| Laura Macarthur ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 277 | 8.7 |
| Lester Park Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 510 | 13.4 |
| Lincoln Park Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 606 | 12.4 |
| Lowell Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 312 | 11.6 |
| Lowell Elementary Spanish Immersion | Elementary | K to 5 | 329 | 19.4 |
| Merritt Creek Academy | Other | K to 12 | 75 | 6.2 |
| Myers-Wilkins ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 329 | 7.8 |
| Ordean East Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,037 | 18.5 |
| Piedmont ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 410 | 10.2 |
| Rockridge AcademyCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 35 | 5.8 |
| Special Ed. N.P. | Other | PK to 12 | 25 | |
| Stowe ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 245 | 10.2 |
| Superior Academy | Other | K to 12 | 19 | 9.5 |
| The Bridge | High | 12 | 25 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in St. Louis County
- Rock Ridge Public Schools 2,288 students
- Hibbing Public School District 2,232 students
- Hermantown Community Schools 2,118 students
- St. Louis County School District 1,914 students
- Proctor Public School District 1,848 students
- Mesabi East School District 862 students
- Duluth Public Schools Academy 780 students
- Chisholm Public School District 640 students
- Mountain Iron-Buhl School District 637 students
- Ely Public School District 528 students
- North Shore Community School 355 students
- Harbor City International Charter 194 students
- Floodwood Public School District 168 students
- Northland Learning Center 164 students
- East Range Academy of Tech-Science 127 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.