Schools in Congdon Park, Duluth, Minnesota

Congdon Park sits in Duluth Public Schools (ISD 709), one of the reasons families stretch to buy here. The typical path is Congdon Park Elementary, Ordean East Middle, and Duluth East High, but attendance areas can and do shift, so confirm the current boundary with the district before you count on a specific school.

Congdon Park Elementary is a neighborhood school in the literal sense: it sits on East Superior Street inside the neighborhood, enrolls roughly 474 students across PK-5 (NCES Common Core of Data, accessed 2026-08-13), and a large share of its families walk. Ordean East Middle, on East 4th Street, is the larger of the district's two middle schools at about 1,037 students, and Duluth East High School at 40th Avenue East enrolls roughly 1,495 (NCES, accessed 2026-08-13).

Private options are deep for a city this size, and Congdon sits closest to them. Stella Maris Academy, Duluth's consolidated Catholic system, runs its Holy Rosary campus at 2802 East 4th Street, directly across from the Cathedral and within walking distance of part of the neighborhood. That campus covers early childhood through grade 3, with grades 4 to 6 at St. John's and grade 7 upward on Allendale Avenue (Stella Maris Academy, accessed 2026-08-13). Marshall School, the independent non-sectarian alternative at 1215 Rice Lake Road, enrolls roughly 384 students and is ten to fifteen minutes up the hill. Lakeview Christian Academy on Central Entrance is the third option.

Private schools are not covered by Minnesota Department of Education report card data, so this guide does not rate them alongside the public schools. Two colleges sit within a few minutes, the College of St. Scholastica and the University of Minnesota Duluth, which shape the neighborhood's rental edge and employment base. See the methodology page.

Higher education nearby: College of St. Scholastica, University of Minnesota Duluth.

District guide: Duluth Public Schools (ISD 709)

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