Enrollment
284
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272124005513
Lake Harriet Upper Elementary
4912 VINCENT AVE SOUTH, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55410 · (612) 668-3310 · Hennepin County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL284 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
39 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
79.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
80.8%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
76.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.7%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 58% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Minnesota's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
About 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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Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Minneapolis Public School District
- Washburn HighHigh · 1,521 students
- South HighHigh · 1,257 students
- Southwest HighHigh · 1,195 students
- Roosevelt HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Andersen MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
- Justice Page MiddleMiddle · 1,020 students
Other schools in MINNEAPOLIS
- Washburn HighHigh · 1,521 students
- South HighHigh · 1,257 students
- Southwest HighHigh · 1,195 students
- Roosevelt HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Andersen MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
- Justice Page MiddleMiddle · 1,020 students
Nearby schools
- Southwest High - SWS0.5 mi · 1
- Southwest High0.5 mi · 1,195
- Agamim Classical Academy0.8 mi · 266
- Burroughs Elementary0.8 mi · 481
- Armatage Elementary0.9 mi · 377
- Lake Harriet Lower Elementary1.2 mi · 309
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Harriet Upper ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Lake Harriet Upper Elementary?
Lake Harriet Upper Elementary enrolls approximately 284 students in grades 03-05.
Is Lake Harriet Upper Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lake Harriet Upper Elementary is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lake Harriet Upper Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lake Harriet Upper Elementary is approximately 16.8:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lake Harriet Upper Elementary?
At Lake Harriet Upper Elementary, the student body is approximately 81% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Lake Harriet Upper Elementary public or private?
Lake Harriet Upper Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Minneapolis Public School District.
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