Homecroft Elementary

4784 Howard Gnesen Road, Duluth, MN 55803

Schools

About Homecroft Elementary

Homecroft Elementary is the neighborhood school for Duluth's above-the-hill east side, serving Hunter's Park, Woodland, and Kenwood. It sits at 4784 Howard Gnesen Road and enrolls roughly 435 students in preschool through grade 5 (NCES Common Core of Data, 2023-2024, accessed 2026-08-13).

Its position matters to how these neighborhoods work. Homecroft is inland and uphill rather than on the shoreline grid, which puts it close to Hartley Park and the university corridor and gives families in the wooded streets above Woodland Avenue a school within a short drive or a walkable distance depending on the block.

Students continue to Ordean East Middle School and then Duluth East High School, the same pathway used by Congdon Park, Lakeside, and Lester Park. That shared secondary track is one reason the east side trades as a single school market despite the neighborhoods feeling quite different from one another.

Attendance boundaries in ISD 709 change between years. Confirm the assignment for a specific address with the district rather than relying on a neighborhood-level statement.

Attendance boundaries and programs change. Confirm with the district before you rely on this.
Nearby

Neighborhoods it serves

Hunter's Park
Duluth · East

Turrets, curving streets, and Hartley Park at the end of the block.

 Woodland
Above the Hill

The streetcar suburb that grew into Duluth's university neighborhood.

 Kenwood
Above the Hill

A grocery you can walk to, and eight minutes to everything else.
Sources

Where these facts come from

Last reviewed 2026-08-13 by Guide editorial.