Field Elementary

Set in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Field Elementary is a close-knit elementary campus, part of Minneapolis Public School District. It instructs 287 students across grades 3 through 5.

Minneapolis Public School District runs 86 schools in total, collectively educating 29,928 students. Field Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Field Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

In terms of school funding signals, Field Elementary records 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Hennepin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Field Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 55.7%; Field Elementary posts 72.7%, +17.0 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, Hennepin County reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,653 per year, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Field Elementary is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).

Southside Family Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Field Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Field Elementary at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 26.8%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.