Enrollment
347
Elementary
DISTRICT 322 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANKATO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271878000877
KENNEDY ELEMENTARY
2600 E MAIN ST, MANKATO, MN 56001 · (507) 387-2122 · Blue Earth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL347 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
169 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 63 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
61.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
77.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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
59.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.9%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% 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 21 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 KENNEDY ELEMENTARY
KENNEDY ELEMENTARY's state test result (59.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KENNEDY ELEMENTARY this school | 347 | 48.7% | 59.9% |
| FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY MANKATO | 388 | 52.1% | 64.8% |
| New City School MINNEAPOLIS | 351 | 52.4% | 40.6% |
| WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY BLOOMINGTON | 339 | 50.7% | 29.8% |
| Kenwood Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 388 | 52.3% | 37.5% |
| PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY SAINT LOUIS PARK | 435 | 43.9% | 44.4% |
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 KENNEDY ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Blue Earth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #144 of 844 | #4 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.7% | #50 of 844 | #3 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #174 of 844 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 347 | #576 of 1,130 | #7 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #392 of 769 | #7 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #234 of 796 | #2 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.7% | #348 of 942 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.8% | #131 of 499 | #3 of 8 |
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
347
-43 (-11%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 637
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 347 | 25.4 | 13.7:1 | 49% (169) |
| 2023-24 | 363 | 24.4 | 14.8:1 | 53% (194) |
| 2022-23 | 370 | 27 | 13.7:1 | 52% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 390 | 29 | 13.4:1 | 45% (174) |
| 2017-18 | 444 | 33.2 | 13.4:1 | 48% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 433 | 30 | 14.4:1 | 56% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 400 | 29 | 13.8:1 | 47% (188) |
| 2000-01 | 447 | 27 | 16.6:1 | 37% (166) |
| 1990-91 | 637 | 31 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KENNEDY ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (444 to 347); teachers down 23% (33.2 to 25.4).
About KENNEDY ELEMENTARY
Among the schools in MANKATO, Minnesota, is KENNEDY ELEMENTARY, a mid-sized elementary school. It enrolls 347 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
KENNEDY ELEMENTARY belongs to MANKATO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district of 22 schools and 8,219 students.
The largest group at KENNEDY ELEMENTARY is White students, at 54%. Other groups make up 22% Black, 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 85% of Blue Earth County residents are White. The diversity index for KENNEDY ELEMENTARY is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
KENNEDY ELEMENTARY has 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Minnesota is about 13.7:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 49%. It compares with 37% for public schools in Blue Earth County.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, KENNEDY ELEMENTARY ranks in the top 10% of Minnesota schools. It scores 59.9%; the prediction is 38.9%.
Looking at the county, Blue Earth County, the median household earns about $74,477 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Blue Earth County has 31 public schools with about 9,034 students, including KENNEDY ELEMENTARY.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, MANKATO EAST SENIOR HIGH, is the closest to KENNEDY ELEMENTARY. KENNEDY ELEMENTARY has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. KENNEDY ELEMENTARY comes in 2nd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 347, compared with 390 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for KENNEDY ELEMENTARY is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Blue Earth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
69,871
Census ACS
Median income
$74,477
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
9,034 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MANKATO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MANKATO EAST SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,302 students
- MANKATO WEST SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,232 students
- Prairie Winds Middle SchoolMiddle · 887 students
- Dakota Meadows Middle SchoolMiddle · 852 students
- HOOVER ELEMENTARYElementary · 461 students
- Rosa Parks ElementaryElementary · 425 students
Other schools in MANKATO
- MANKATO EAST SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,302 students
- MANKATO WEST SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,232 students
- Prairie Winds Middle SchoolMiddle · 887 students
- Rosa Parks ElementaryElementary · 425 students
- FRANKLIN ELEMENTARYElementary · 388 students
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARYElementary · 376 students
Other Kennedy Elementary schools
30 other US public schools in 17 states are named Kennedy Elementary. KENNEDY ELEMENTARY is the 23rd largest of the 31.
- Kennedy ElementaryWILLMAR, MN · 672 students
- KENNEDY ELEMENTARYLAKEVILLE, MN · 638 students
- Kennedy ElementaryHASTINGS, MN · 461 students
- Kennedy Elementary SchoolWinder, GA · 764 students
- Kennedy ElementaryMadison, WI · 582 students
Nearby schools
- MANKATO EAST SENIOR HIGH0.3 mi · 1,302
- INSITE0.5 mi · 18
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 376
- Prairie Winds Middle School1.0 mi · 887
- Mankato Schools Center for Learning1.3 mi · 165
- Kato Public Charter School1.8 mi · 77
Frequently asked questions
About KENNEDY ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at KENNEDY ELEMENTARY?
KENNEDY ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 347 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does KENNEDY ELEMENTARY serve?
KENNEDY ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does KENNEDY ELEMENTARY have?
KENNEDY ELEMENTARY employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at KENNEDY ELEMENTARY?
At KENNEDY ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 54% White, 13% Hispanic, 22% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is KENNEDY ELEMENTARY public or private?
KENNEDY ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by MANKATO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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