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What clubs or activities at Folwell Elementary are worth joining?
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Enrollment
450
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272124005516
Folwell Elementary
3611 20TH AVE S, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55407 · (612) 668-4550 · Hennepin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL450 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
404 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 48%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 26 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 45% larger than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
11.9%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
9.0%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
10.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.8%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Folwell Elementary
Folwell Elementary's state test result (10.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folwell Elementary this school | 450 | 89.8% | 10.0% |
| Whittier Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 491 | 85.3% | 11.0% |
| VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY BLOOMINGTON | 487 | 83.4% | 11.8% |
| North Park School for Innovation FRIDLEY | 433 | 80.8% | 17.5% |
| Ella Baker Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 512 | 82.6% | 11.0% |
| Lyndale Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 466 | 79.2% | 27.9% |
Matched among Minnesota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Folwell Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #825 of 844 | #159 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.0% | #823 of 844 | #160 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.9% | #826 of 844 | #158 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 450 | #385 of 1,130 | #89 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #112 of 769 | #26 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #139 of 796 | #49 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.8% | #41 of 942 | #20 of 183 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 450 | 40 | 11.3:1 | 90% (404) |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 29 | 16.3:1 | 91% (431) |
| 2022-23 | 372 | 27 | 13.8:1 | 87% (324) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Folwell Elementary.
About Folwell Elementary
Folwell Elementary sits in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, and is classified as an elementary school. The school enrolls 450 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Minnesota is about 344, so this school runs 31% above that.
Minneapolis Public School District is responsible for 86 schools, Folwell Elementary included, with 29,928 students in all.
Hispanic students are the largest group at Folwell Elementary, with 48% of enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% Black, 11% Native American, 10% White, and 7% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 8%. Folwell Elementary has a diversity index of 69%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Folwell Elementary is 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 11.3:1. That ratio is under the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 90%. That is higher than the 43% average for public schools in Hennepin County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Folwell Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Minnesota schools: 10.0% actual against 16.8% predicted.
Census estimates describe Hennepin County this way: median household income is about $97,653, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 54%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Hennepin County number 496 and enroll about 177,509.
The next-closest public school is Friendship Academy of Arts-Primary, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Folwell Elementary ranks 4th of 4 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 10.0% against a local average of 36.1%.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
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Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Minneapolis Public School District
- Washburn HighHigh · 1,521 students
- South HighHigh · 1,257 students
- Southwest HighHigh · 1,195 students
- Roosevelt HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Andersen MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
- Justice Page MiddleMiddle · 1,020 students
Other schools in MINNEAPOLIS
- Washburn HighHigh · 1,521 students
- South HighHigh · 1,257 students
- Southwest HighHigh · 1,195 students
- Roosevelt HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Andersen MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
- Justice Page MiddleMiddle · 1,020 students
Other Folwell Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Folwell Elementary. Folwell Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Folwell Elementary SchoolROCHESTER, MN · 352 students
Nearby schools
- Friendship Academy of Arts-Primary0.5 mi · 44
- South High0.6 mi · 1,257
- Bancroft Elementary0.7 mi · 477
- Roosevelt High0.7 mi · 1,148
- Roosevelt High - SWS0.7 mi · 91
- Transition Plus Services0.7 mi · 267
Frequently asked questions
About Folwell ElementaryHow many students attend Folwell Elementary?
Folwell Elementary enrolls approximately 450 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Folwell Elementary serve?
Folwell Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Folwell Elementary?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at Folwell Elementary.
How diverse is Folwell Elementary?
Folwell Elementary reports a student body of 10% White, 48% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Folwell Elementary?
Folwell Elementary is overseen by Minneapolis Public School District in Hennepin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.