Enrollment
240
Elementary
DISTRICT 224 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENNEPIN SCHOOLS·NCES 270033504554
Hennepin Schools Lower Campus
1001 E 46TH ST, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55407 · (612) 843-5050 · Hennepin County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL240 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
229 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 48%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 51 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (50).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
21.7%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
34.8%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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
26.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
13.8%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 14% 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 Hennepin Schools Lower Campus
Hennepin Schools Lower Campus's state test result (26.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hennepin Schools Lower Campus this school | 240 | 95.4% | 26.1% |
| Bethune Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 213 | 88.3% | 7.0% |
| Prodeo Columbia Heights Primary COLUMBIA HEIGHTS | 218 | 88.1% | N/A |
| Sojourner Truth Academy MINNEAPOLIS | 383 | 91.9% | 7.8% |
| Prodeo Columbia Heights Elementary COLUMBIA HEIGHTS | 227 | 90.7% | 24.0% |
| Benjamin E Mays IB World School SAINT PAUL | 336 | 92.6% | 4.1% |
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 Hennepin Schools Lower Campus ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #707 of 844 | #113 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #637 of 844 | #98 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #771 of 844 | #135 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 240 | #735 of 1,130 | #153 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #51 of 769 | #15 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.0% | #487 of 796 | #135 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.4% | #16 of 942 | #8 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.4% | #23 of 499 | #6 of 99 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
240
-30 (-11%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 5.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 240 | 23.5 | 10.2:1 | 95% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 258 | 23 | 11.2:1 | 98% (254) |
| 2022-23 | 255 | 33 | 7.7:1 | 98% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 270 | 47 | 5.7:1 | 97% (263) |
| 2017-18 | 396 | 32.4 | 12.2:1 | 96% (379) |
| 2015-16 | 343 | 23 | 14.9:1 | 94% (324) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hennepin Schools Lower Campus.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (396 to 240); teachers down 27% (32.4 to 23.5).
About Hennepin Schools Lower Campus
Hennepin Schools Lower Campus sits in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, and is classified as an elementary school. It educates 240 students in kindergarten through 4. The school's enrollment is 30% smaller than the 344 average for elementary schools in Minnesota.
The district for Hennepin Schools Lower Campus is Hennepin Schools, with 2 schools and 447 students.
Black students make up a majority at Hennepin Schools Lower Campus, at 76%. Other students are 18% Hispanic and 7% Asian. That is higher than the 13% Black share among all Hennepin County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 39% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 23.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 10.2:1. That is lower than the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 95%. The gap from the 43% average for public schools in Hennepin County is 52 points.
Hennepin Schools Lower Campus is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 45% of Minnesota public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Hennepin Schools Lower Campus's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (26.1%) and its predicted rate (13.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Minnesota schools.
Among Hennepin County residents, the median household income is $97,653, roughly 54% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Hennepin Schools Lower Campus is one of 496 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Hennepin Schools Lower Campus is Hennepin Schools Upper Campus, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 31.0%; Hennepin Schools Lower Campus's is 26.1%, ranking 3rd of 6.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. NCES lists Hennepin Schools Lower Campus as a charter school.
The school enrolled 240 students in 2024-25, 30 fewer than the 270 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 5.7:1 to 10.2:1.
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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 Hennepin Schools
- Hennepin Schools Upper CampusMiddle · 207 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
Nearby schools
- Hennepin Schools Upper Campus0.0 mi · 207
- Hiawatha Leadership Acdy-Northrop0.4 mi · 404
- Hiawatha College Prep - Northrop0.4 mi · 438
- Field Elementary0.5 mi · 287
- Southside Family Charter School0.7 mi · 119
- EL COLEGIO CHARTER SCHOOL0.7 mi · 96
Frequently asked questions
About Hennepin Schools Lower CampusHow large is Hennepin Schools Lower Campus?
Hennepin Schools Lower Campus enrolls approximately 240 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Hennepin Schools Lower Campus serve?
Hennepin Schools Lower Campus serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many teachers does Hennepin Schools Lower Campus have?
Hennepin Schools Lower Campus employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Hennepin Schools Lower Campus?
Student demographics at Hennepin Schools Lower Campus are roughly 18% Hispanic, 76% Black, 7% Asian.
What district is Hennepin Schools Lower Campus in?
Hennepin Schools Lower Campus is part of Hennepin Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.