Schools in Canosia Township and Pike Lake, Minnesota
Part of the Canosia Township and Pike Lake neighborhood guide. Back to the full guide.
Canosia Township is in Proctor Public Schools (ISD 704), and it has something most rural townships do not: its own elementary school inside the boundary.
Pike Lake Elementary at 5682 Martin Road enrolls about 293 students in kindergarten through grade 5 (NCES Common Core of Data 2024-2025, accessed 2026-08-14), and the Census geocoder confirms the building stands in Canosia Township rather than in Proctor, despite the district name. For a township this size, a local elementary is a genuine advantage in both bus times and community life.
Above elementary, students travel. A.I. Jedlicka Middle School and Proctor Senior High School share a campus at 131 9th Avenue in Proctor, about twenty minutes south, enrolling about 450 and about 540 students respectively. Jedlicka is where students from Pike Lake and Bay View meet for the first time, which the district's own description makes a point of.
A high school of 540 is a third the size of Duluth East, and that cuts both ways honestly: participation in activities is easy and cohorts are small, against a narrower course catalog than a large school can offer.
The elementary boundary between Pike Lake and Bay View across the rural part of the district was not established in the research run on 2026-08-14. Pike Lake is the strong presumption for a Canosia address given the building sits here, but confirm with ISD 704 for a specific parcel.
Because this is a large rural township, bus routes and ride times are a real part of the school question. Ask the district about the specific route serving the parcel, particularly for a property on the far side of one of the lakes.
Lake Superior College is the nearest higher-education campus, with UMD and the College of St. Scholastica about twenty-five minutes southeast.
The district's northern elementary at 5682 Martin Road, enrolling about 293 students in kindergarten through grade 5. The Census geocoder confirms the building stands inside Canosia Township, which makes this the rare rural township in this guide with its own school.
The district middle school at 131 9th Avenue in Proctor, sharing a campus with the high school. It takes students from both Pike Lake and Bay View, which is where township children first meet the rest of the district.
The district high school at 131 9th Avenue in Proctor, enrolling roughly 540 students. Small enough that participation in activities is easy, with a narrower course catalog than a large school offers.
The district's other and larger elementary at 8708 Vinland Street, which the Census geocoder places in Duluth's Bayview Heights. Listed because the rural elementary boundary needs confirming per address.
Higher education nearby: Lake Superior College, University of Minnesota Duluth, College of St. Scholastica.
Schools next door
Immediately south, the suburban city with municipal services, new construction and the Miller Trunk retail corridor where most township errands happen.
Midway TownshipSouth past Proctor, the other rural township in this guide and the same school district, with acreage but no lake frontage.
ProctorAbout twenty minutes south, the school district town with the middle and high school campus.
Duluth HeightsSoutheast toward the city, above-the-hill Duluth with city services and the Miller Hill corridor.
KenwoodSoutheast into Duluth proper, postwar housing above the hill with the shortest run to the airport of any city neighborhood.