Enrollment
236
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272124001014
Jenny Lind Elementary
5025 BRYANT AVE N, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55430 · (612) 668-2020 · Hennepin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL236 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
7.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
196 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
70%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
12.3%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
9.4%
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
9.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.4%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Jenny Lind Elementary
Jenny Lind Elementary's state test result (9.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jenny Lind Elementary this school | 236 | 83.1% | 9.3% |
| Crossroads Science Program SAINT PAUL | 192 | 84.4% | 17.4% |
| Hamline Elementary School SAINT PAUL | 272 | 77.9% | 25.7% |
| CREST VIEW ELEMENTARY BROOKLYN PARK | 193 | 76.7% | 12.3% |
| Daytons Bluff Elementary SAINT PAUL | 301 | 83.1% | 15.0% |
| Zanewood Community School STEAM BROOKLYN PARK | 317 | 77.9% | 23.5% |
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 Jenny Lind Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.3% | #827 of 844 | #161 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.4% | #820 of 844 | #158 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.3% | #824 of 844 | #157 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 236 | #745 of 1,130 | #157 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.6:1 | #7 of 769 | #1 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.1% | #126 of 796 | #46 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.1% | #85 of 942 | #33 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.3% | #18 of 499 | #4 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
236
-90 (-28%) vs 2020
-73% since 1990-91, when it was 883
Student : Teacher
7.6:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 236 | 31.1 | 7.6:1 | 83% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 215 | 20.9 | 10.3:1 | 82% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 249 | 18.4 | 13.6:1 | 86% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 326 | 28 | 11.6:1 | 84% (275) |
| 2017-18 | 402 | 38.7 | 10.4:1 | 85% (343) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 38 | 13.1:1 | 93% (462) |
| 2010-11 | 416 | 30 | 13.9:1 | 89% (370) |
| 2000-01 | 624 | 42 | 14.9:1 | 73% (458) |
| 1990-91 | 883 | 52 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jenny Lind Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 41% (402 to 236); teachers down 20% (38.7 to 31.1).
About Jenny Lind Elementary
Jenny Lind Elementary is a small elementary school in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, under Minneapolis Public School District. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 236 students. The average among elementary schools in Minnesota is roughly 344 students; this school is 31% smaller than that.
Minneapolis Public School District has 29,928 students in 86 schools, and Jenny Lind Elementary is one of those schools.
Jenny Lind Elementary has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 49%. The rest of enrollment is 14% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 11% White, and 8% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Hennepin County's population at about 13%. Jenny Lind Elementary's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 7.6:1, with 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Jenny Lind Elementary is 83%. It compares with 43% for public schools in Hennepin County.
allk12 grades Jenny Lind Elementary an F. The grade compares the school only with Minnesota public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Jenny Lind Elementary would score about 20.4%. It scores 9.3%, 11.1 points below that figure.
In the county around the school, Hennepin County, the median household income is $97,653, roughly 54% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 496 public schools in Hennepin County, enrolling about 177,509 students in all.
The shortest distance from Jenny Lind Elementary to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Legacy of Dr Josie R Johnson Montes. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 10.0%, higher than Jenny Lind Elementary's 9.3%.
Federal data place Jenny Lind Elementary in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Jenny Lind Elementary declined 28% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 326 to 236 students. The ratio was 11.6:1 in 2020-21 and 7.6:1 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Jenny Lind Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Jenny Lind Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Jenny Lind Elementary. Jenny Lind Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Jenny Lind ElementaryValley Springs, CA · 475 students
Nearby schools
- Legacy of Dr Josie R Johnson Montes0.2 mi · 53
- Olson Middle0.4 mi · 329
- KIPP North Star Academy0.7 mi · 107
- KIPP North Star Primary0.7 mi · 124
- Camden High1.1 mi · 783
- Early Childhood Special Education (1.2 mi · 6
Frequently asked questions
About Jenny Lind ElementaryHow many students attend Jenny Lind Elementary?
Jenny Lind Elementary enrolls approximately 236 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Jenny Lind Elementary serve?
Jenny Lind Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Jenny Lind Elementary?
Approximately 7.6:1 students per teacher at Jenny Lind Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Jenny Lind Elementary?
Student demographics at Jenny Lind Elementary are roughly 11% White, 14% Hispanic, 49% Black, 14% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Jenny Lind Elementary in?
Jenny Lind Elementary is part of Minneapolis Public School District.
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