Schools in Woodland, Duluth, Minnesota
Part of the Woodland neighborhood guide. Back to the full guide.
Woodland sits in Duluth Public Schools (ISD 709). The usual pathway is Homecroft Elementary, then Ordean East Middle School, then Duluth East High School. Attendance boundaries change between years, so confirm your specific address with the district rather than relying on a neighborhood-level statement.
Homecroft Elementary is at 4784 Howard Gnesen Road and enrolls roughly 448 students in preschool through grade 5 (NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-2025, accessed 2026-08-13). It is the shared above-the-hill elementary for Woodland, Hunter's Park, and Kenwood, which means children from all three start together and stay together through Ordean East and Duluth East.
Private options are close. Stella Maris Academy, the consolidated Catholic system, has its St. John's campus on West Chisholm Street and its Jr./Sr. High campus on Allendale Avenue, both on this side of the hill and both closer to Woodland than to the shoreline neighborhoods. Marshall School, the independent college preparatory school, is on Rice Lake Road a short drive west. Private schools are not covered by Minnesota Department of Education report card data, so this guide does not rate them alongside the public schools.
For higher education, Woodland is unmatched in the city: the University of Minnesota Duluth is at the neighborhood's edge, the College of St. Scholastica is a few minutes south, and Lake Superior College is a short drive west.
The above-the-hill neighborhood elementary at 4784 Howard Gnesen Road, shared with Hunter's Park and Kenwood.
The east side high school, at 40th Avenue East and Superior Street.
Independent college prep school at 1215 Rice Lake Road, a short drive west.
Duluth's consolidated Catholic academy. Its St. John's campus on West Chisholm Street and its Jr./Sr. High campus on Allendale Avenue are both nearby.
Higher education nearby: University of Minnesota Duluth, College of St. Scholastica, Lake Superior College.
District guide: Duluth Public Schools (ISD 709)
Schools next door
Directly south along the same corridor, with older and more architecturally ambitious housing.
KenwoodWest across the hill, with the nearest full grocery and a similar postwar housing mix.
Congdon ParkDownhill toward the lake, historic architecture at a much higher price.
Duluth HeightsWest above the hill, closer to Miller Hill retail and newer construction.
LakesideFifteen minutes east on the shoreline, with the walkable business block Woodland lacks.