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Duluth Public School District

A public school district in Duluth, Minnesota, with 30 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

8,723
Students enrolled: 633.3
Teachers, full-time equivalent: Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.; 1,347.4
All staff, full-time equivalent: $16,081
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023: Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 8,723 in 2024–⁠25: Ranks 1,057th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 21st of 535 in Minnesota. Larger than 94% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $16,081 in fiscal year 2023: More than 53% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Duluth Public School District spent $16,562 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $9,155 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

Source: The College Scorecard

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The figures

Duluth Public School District spent $16,562 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $9,155 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal year	Spending per pupil	Current expenditure	Membership
FY2024	$16,562	$145.0 million	8,757
FY2023	$16,081	$137.6 million	8,554
FY2022	$14,387	$122.1 million	8,487
FY2021	$12,822	$107.2 million	8,358
FY2020	$11,801	$105.0 million	8,896
FY2019	$11,878	$103.4 million	8,706
FY2018	$11,495	$101.7 million	8,844
FY2017	$12,383	$103.6 million	8,365
FY2016	$11,949	$101.1 million	8,462
FY2015	$11,641	$100.7 million	8,649
FY2014	$10,952	$94.7 million	8,646
FY2013	$10,875	$96.3 million	8,852
FY2012	$11,151	$100.2 million	8,982
FY2011	$11,794	$105.5 million	8,945
FY2010	$11,353	$106.1 million	9,349
FY2009	$11,165	$107.9 million	9,661
FY2008	$10,805	$107.6 million	9,963
FY2007	$9,744	$101.0 million	10,364
FY2006	$9,537	$100.6 million	10,550
FY2005	$9,155	$99.7 million	10,895

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Duluth Public School District by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
Source	Revenue	Share of total
Federal	$24.8 million	13.9%
State	$95.4 million	53.5%
Local	$58.0 million	32.5%
Total	$178.3 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

30 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Duluth Public School District
School	City	Level	Students
ALC Independent Study	Duluth	High	235
ALC SWS Denfeld	Duluth	High	57
ALC SWS East	Duluth	High	74
ALC SWS Lincoln Park	Duluth	Middle	65
ALC SWS Ordean East	Duluth	Middle	47
Academic Excellence Online	Duluth	High	54
Arrowhead Academy	Duluth	Other	18
Bethany Crisis Shelter	Duluth	Other	2
Chester Creek Academy	Duluth	Other	31
Congdon Elementary	Duluth	Elementary	474
Denfeld High School	Duluth	High	951
Duluth Area Learning Center	Duluth	High	35
Early Childhood Special Education	Duluth	Prekindergarten	249
East High School	Duluth	High	1,495
Homecroft Elementary	Duluth	Elementary	448
Lakewood Elementary	Duluth	Elementary	254
Laura Macarthur Elementary	Duluth	Elementary	277
Lester Park Elementary	Duluth	Elementary	510
Lincoln Park Middle School	Duluth	Middle	606
Lowell Elementary	Duluth	Elementary	312
Lowell Elementary Spanish Immersion	Duluth	Elementary	329
Merritt Creek Academy	Duluth	Other	75
Myers-Wilkins Elementary	Duluth	Elementary	329
Ordean East Middle School	Duluth	Middle	1,037
Piedmont Elementary	Duluth	Elementary	410
Rockridge Academy	Duluth	Other	35
Special Ed. N.P.	Duluth	Other	25
Stowe Elementary	Duluth	Elementary	245
Superior Academy	Duluth	Other	19
The Bridge	Duluth	High	25

The district’s entry

Name as NCES lists it: DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
Status: Open
Type: Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status: Not a charter district
Grades: Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID: 2711040

Elsewhere

Public schools in Minnesota — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
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Minnesota on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.

Sources

Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2024.

Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 30, 2026