KENNEDY ELEMENTARY

KENNEDY ELEMENTARY, a moderately sized elementary school in MANKATO, Minnesota, overseen by MANKATO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, serves 347 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within MANKATO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 22 schools and 8,219 students, KENNEDY ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

On demographics, KENNEDY ELEMENTARY reports that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 22% Black, 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Blue Earth County (around 37%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, KENNEDY ELEMENTARY is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 38.9%; this one delivers 59.9%, a residual of +21.0 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Blue Earth County indicate median household income runs about $74,477, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Blue Earth County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,034 students), of which KENNEDY ELEMENTARY is one.

MANKATO EAST SENIOR HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KENNEDY ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KENNEDY ELEMENTARY at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 42.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KENNEDY ELEMENTARY has edged down 22%, going from 444 students in 2018 to 347 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 62% to 54% over that span.

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