Schools in Fairmount, Duluth, Minnesota
Part of the Fairmount neighborhood guide. Back to the full guide.
Fairmount is in Duluth Public Schools (ISD 709) on the west-side pathway: Laura MacArthur Elementary, then Lincoln Park Middle School, then Denfeld High School.
Laura MacArthur at 720 North Central Avenue enrolls roughly 277 students in prekindergarten through grade 5, Lincoln Park Middle at 3215 West 3rd Street about 606, and Denfeld High School at 401 North 44th Avenue West about 951 (NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-2025, accessed 2026-08-13).
There is no school inside the neighborhood, so every grade involves a bus or a drive, and Denfeld is about seven minutes northeast. That is a shorter reach than the far-west neighborhoods manage but longer than Cody's or Oneota's.
Denfeld enrolls about two-thirds as many students as Duluth East across the city, which means smaller cohorts and easier access to activities against a narrower course catalog.
The nearest private option is the Stella Maris Academy St. James campus at 715 North 57th Avenue West. Minnesota Department of Education report card data does not cover private schools, so this guide does not rate them. Attendance boundaries change between years, so confirm the assignment for a specific address with the district.
The west-side elementary at 720 North Central Avenue.
The west-side middle school at 3215 West 3rd Street.
The west-side high school at 401 North 44th Avenue West, about seven minutes northeast.
The west-side Catholic campus at 715 North 57th Avenue West.
Higher education nearby: Lake Superior College, University of Minnesota Duluth, College of St. Scholastica.
Schools next door
North up the slope, a quieter residential neighborhood with the same price band and no arterial through it.
IrvingEast toward the bay, with a park and playfield of its own and Grassy Point on the shoreline.
Norton ParkSouth and west along Grand Avenue, with Indian Point, the Munger trailhead and the Western Waterfront Trail.
Spirit ValleyNortheast, the main street where most Fairmount errands actually happen.
DenfeldNortheast, more housing stock, the high school and the nearest published median.