Minneapolis Elementary

Minneapolis Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Minneapolis, Kansas, operated by North Ottawa County. Current enrollment sits at 298 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

North Ottawa County comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 598 students; Minneapolis Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Minneapolis Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Beyond that, the school reports 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Minneapolis Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.3%; this one delivers 38.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for Ottawa County shows median household income runs about $74,018, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Ottawa County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,193 students), of which Minneapolis Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Minneapolis Elementary at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 35.6%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Minneapolis Elementary has decreased 12%, going from 337 students in 2018 to 298 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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