Enrollment
210
Elementary
DISTRICT 191 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENNING PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271386000711
HENNING ELEMENTARY
500 SCHOOL AVE, HENNING, MN 56551 · (218) 583-2927 · Otter Tail County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL210 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- A-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
13.5:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
106 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 21 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 15 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 107% larger than its 6th grade class (15).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
HENNING ELEMENTARY→HENNING SECONDARY
Based on grade levels within HENNING PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
59.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
63.3%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
58.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Minnesota's top 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 HENNING ELEMENTARY
HENNING ELEMENTARY's state test result (58.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENNING ELEMENTARY this school | 210 | 50.5% | 58.0% |
| ISLE ELEMENTARY ISLE | 200 | 52.5% | 44.0% |
| Bertha Elementary BERTHA | 293 | 51.2% | 46.3% |
| GARFIELD ELEMENTARY BRAINERD | 250 | 52.4% | 34.1% |
| WILLOW RIVER ELEMENTARY WILLOW RIVER | 231 | 44.2% | 45.3% |
| LITTLEFORK-BIG FALLS ELEMENTARY LITTLEFORK | 216 | 44.0% | 34.8% |
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 HENNING ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Otter Tail County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #180 of 844 | #4 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #209 of 844 | #4 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #211 of 844 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 210 | #783 of 1,130 | #11 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #366 of 769 | #5 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.9% | #757 of 796 | #9 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.5% | #329 of 942 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.5% | #174 of 244 | N/A |
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
210
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 250
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 210 | 15.6 | 13.5:1 | 50% (106) |
| 2023-24 | 218 | 14.2 | 15.4:1 | 58% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 224 | 16.5 | 13.6:1 | 54% (120) |
| 2020-21 | 213 | 17 | 12.5:1 | 31% (67) |
| 2017-18 | 201 | 16.4 | 12.3:1 | 34% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 197 | 16 | 12.3:1 | 43% (85) |
| 2010-11 | 210 | 19 | 11.1:1 | 50% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 169 | 15 | 11.3:1 | 46% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 250 | 15 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HENNING ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (201 to 210); teachers down 5% (16.4 to 15.6).
About HENNING ELEMENTARY
HENNING ELEMENTARY sits in HENNING, Minnesota, and is classified as an elementary school. The school runs pre-K through 6 and enrolls 210 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Minnesota enroll about 344 students on average.
The district for HENNING ELEMENTARY is HENNING PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 2 schools and 381 students.
By race and ethnicity, HENNING ELEMENTARY is 94% White. The next largest groups are 3% multiracial. In Otter Tail County overall, the White share is about 91%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 11%.
The school lists 15.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1. That is in line with the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 50% of the student body. Compared with the 40% average for public schools in Otter Tail County, the school's rate is higher.
HENNING ELEMENTARY earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 88% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
HENNING ELEMENTARY outperforms its prediction by 20.0 points. The model expects 37.9% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Minnesota; the school's rate is 58.0%.
The school is in Otter Tail County, where median household income comes to about $72,255, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Otter Tail County's 37 public schools enroll about 8,503 students and include HENNING ELEMENTARY.
HENNING SECONDARY, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. On average proficiency, HENNING ELEMENTARY is 3rd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Remote: in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 213 in 2020-21, 210 in 2024-25.
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Otter Tail County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
60,475
Census ACS
Median income
$72,255
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
8,503 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HENNING PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HENNING SECONDARYHigh · 171 students
Nearby schools
- HENNING SECONDARY0.0 mi · 171
- PARKERS PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY13.0 mi · 251
- PARKERS PRAIRIE SECONDARY13.0 mi · 280
- BATTLE LAKE ELEMENTARY13.3 mi · 230
- BATTLE LAKE SECONDARY13.3 mi · 184
- NEW YORK MILLS ELEMENTARY14.4 mi · 460
Frequently asked questions
About HENNING ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at HENNING ELEMENTARY?
HENNING ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 210 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does HENNING ELEMENTARY serve?
HENNING ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HENNING ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HENNING ELEMENTARY is approximately 13.5:1 (16 FTE teachers).
How diverse is HENNING ELEMENTARY?
HENNING ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees HENNING ELEMENTARY?
HENNING ELEMENTARY is overseen by HENNING PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in Otter Tail County.
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