Kenwood Elementary

Kenwood Elementary is an elementary campus of moderately sized scale in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, one of the schools within Minneapolis Public School District, teacheing 388 students in grades K through 5.

Minneapolis Public School District runs 86 schools in total, collectively educating 29,928 students. Kenwood Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Kenwood Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 22% Black, 16% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 28 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 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Hennepin County's rate of about 43%.

With demographic context factored in, Kenwood Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.5%.

Across the wider county, Hennepin County reports that median household earnings sit near $97,653, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Hennepin County's 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), Kenwood Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ella Baker Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Kenwood Elementary comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 12.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kenwood Elementary has contracted 6%, going from 413 students in 2018 to 388 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 66% to 43%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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