Lake Nokomis Wenonah Elementary

Lake Nokomis Wenonah Elementary is a primary school of tight-knit scale in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, operated by Minneapolis Public School District, educateing 152 students in grades K through 1. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 56% below typical.

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

On demographics, Lake Nokomis Wenonah Elementary lists that 62% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 13% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% Native American.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 34% of students at Lake Nokomis Wenonah Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Hennepin County's rate of about 43%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Hennepin County) logs that median household income runs about $97,653, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which Lake Nokomis Wenonah Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Lake Nokomis Keewaydin Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 49%: 300 students in 2018 compared to 152 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 66% to 62%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Lake Nokomis Wenonah Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.