Schools in Superior, Wisconsin, Wisconsin
Part of the Superior, Wisconsin neighborhood guide. Back to the full guide.
Superior is served entirely by the School District of Superior, which enrolled 3,732 students as of its September 2025 count and operates five neighborhood elementaries, a preschool, one middle school, and one high school (School District of Superior, accessed 2026-08-13). Elementary assignment depends on address across Northern Lights (about 453 students), Cooper (363), Great Lakes (348), Bryant (283), and Four Corners (200), all running prekindergarten through grade 5. Every student in the city then converges on Superior Middle School, which enrolls about 888 in grades 6 through 8, and Superior High School, about 1,256 in grades 9 through 12 (NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-2025, accessed 2026-08-13). Attendance boundaries change, so confirm your address with the district rather than relying on a listing.
The single-high-school structure is a real difference from the Minnesota side. Duluth splits between East and Denfeld, and the suburban districts each run their own small high school. In Superior, everybody goes to the same building, which the district replaced with a new consolidated high school that opened in 2018. At about 1,256 students it is the largest high school in this guide's coverage area, roughly double Cloquet's and more than double Hermantown's, which is a real difference in course catalog and program breadth. Families tend to describe that as a strength for activities and a constraint for choice.
The district reports that about 45.8% of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024-25 (School District of Superior, accessed 2026-08-13). That figure is a fair proxy for the district's resource picture and is worth setting alongside Hermantown's or Esko's when you compare. Wisconsin publishes district and school data through DPI's WISEdash portal, and this guide builds its own transparent ratings from state data rather than republishing licensed third-party scores. Cross-border open enrollment between Minnesota and Wisconsin exists but is not automatic, so if you are considering living on one side and schooling on the other, verify the current agreement with both districts first. The University of Wisconsin-Superior sits on Belknap Street inside the city, with Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College nearby and the full Duluth higher-education cluster 12 minutes away.
The district's single comprehensive high school, in a building opened in 2018 that consolidated the city's secondary programs.
The city's only middle school, serving every Superior elementary attendance area.
Neighborhood elementary in the School District of Superior.
One of the district's five neighborhood elementaries.
A smaller neighborhood elementary on Superior's east side.
The district's smallest elementary, serving the southern and outlying parts of the district.
The district's dedicated prekindergarten program.
Higher education nearby: University of Wisconsin-Superior, Lake Superior College, University of Minnesota Duluth, College of St. Scholastica, Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College.
District guide: School District of Superior
Schools next door
Straight across the Bong Bridge in west Duluth, a similar price tier and housing era on the Minnesota side of the tax line.
Canal ParkTwelve minutes over the Blatnik Bridge, where most Superior residents go for a restaurant night out.
Lincoln ParkDuluth's craft district across the harbor, the closest comparison for older housing plus appreciation potential.
Morgan ParkThe old US Steel company town on the Duluth side of the St. Louis River, similar era and similar industrial roots.