Lake Harriet Upper Elementary

Lake Harriet Upper Elementary is a modestly sized elementary-level community in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, one of the schools within Minneapolis Public School District. The school enrolls 284 students in grades 3 through 5.

Lake Harriet Upper Elementary is one of 86 schools operated by Minneapolis Public School District, a district that instructs 29,928 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Lake Harriet Upper Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Beyond that, the school logs 9% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black. 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, The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 14% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Hennepin County (around 43%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Lake Harriet Upper Elementary sits in the top 10% of Minnesota schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 57.7%; actual is 76.4%, +18.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Hennepin County put median household income runs about $97,653, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which Lake Harriet Upper Elementary is one.

Southwest High - SWS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lake Harriet Upper Elementary. On composite proficiency, Lake Harriet Upper Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 55.2%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

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