Kenny Elementary

Kenny Elementary is an elementary school of mid-sized scale in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, operated by Minneapolis Public School District, educateing 295 students in grades K through 5.

Minneapolis Public School District comprises 86 schools with combined enrollment of 29,928 students; Kenny Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Kenny Elementary records that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 5% Black, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Hennepin County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Kenny Elementary records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 12% of students at Kenny Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Hennepin County (around 43%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Kenny 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 58.9%; this one delivers 78.4%, a residual of +19.5 points.

In the broader community, census data for Hennepin County shows the typical household earns roughly $97,653 per year, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which Kenny Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Anthony Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kenny Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 48.8%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 37%: 469 students in 2018 compared to 295 in 2025. The White share of enrollment expanded from 68% to 82% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Kenny Elementary typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.