Lake Harriet Lower Elementary

Lake Harriet Lower Elementary, a mid-sized primary school in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, part of Minneapolis Public School District, educates 309 students, covering grades K through 2.

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

In terms of who attends, Lake Harriet Lower Elementary logs that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.9:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 13% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Hennepin County's rate of about 43%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Hennepin County) shows that median household earnings sit near $97,653, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Lake Harriet Lower Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is SUSAN LINDGREN ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Lake Harriet Lower Elementary's enrollment has shrank 41% since 2018, when it stood at 521 (now 309). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 84% to 80%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.