Lester Park Elementary

5300 Glenwood Street, Duluth, MN 55804

Schools

About Lester Park Elementary

Lester Park Elementary is the neighborhood school for both Lakeside and Lester Park, enrolling roughly 526 students in kindergarten through fifth grade (NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-2025, accessed 2026-08-13). It sits at 5300 Glenwood Street, close to the seam between the two neighborhoods, which puts it within walking distance of a large share of the families it serves.

It is one of the larger elementaries in Duluth Public Schools (ISD 709) and feeds into Ordean East Middle School and then Duluth East High School, the same pathway used by Congdon Park. For families comparing east-side neighborhoods, this school is a significant part of why Lakeside and Lester Park hold their value against much pricier addresses west of them.

Attendance boundaries can shift between years, and properties at the far northeastern edge of the area may be assigned to Lakewood Elementary instead. Confirm the assignment for a specific address with the district. This guide builds its own school ratings from Minnesota Department of Education data rather than republishing licensed third-party scores.

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

Neighborhoods it serves

Lakeside
Duluth · East

Duluth's dry-town-turned-walkable-village, three blocks from the big lake.

 Lester Park
Duluth · East

Nine miles of trail, two rivers, and a waterfall you can hear from the driveway.
Sources

Where these facts come from

Last reviewed 2026-08-13 by Guide editorial.