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Enrollment
521
Elementary
DISTRICT 393 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOPKINS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271426001887
L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY
10901 HILLSIDE LN, MINNETONKA, MN 55305 · (952) 988-4900 · Hennepin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL521 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
248 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 48%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
39.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
34.2%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY
L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY's state test result (33.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY this school | 521 | 47.6% | 33.6% |
| Overland Elementary School ROCHESTER | 549 | 45.9% | 45.4% |
| AQUILA ELEMENTARY SAINT LOUIS PARK | 498 | 46.2% | 45.0% |
| Seward Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 576 | 47.7% | 35.0% |
| Centennial Elementary CIRCLE PINES | 502 | 46.6% | 49.0% |
| EXPO for Excellence Elementary Sch SAINT PAUL | 393 | 45.3% | 40.7% |
Matched among Minnesota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #627 of 844 | #96 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #646 of 844 | #100 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #587 of 844 | #92 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 521 | #263 of 1,130 | #64 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #148 of 769 | #35 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #166 of 796 | #60 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.6% | #365 of 942 | #87 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #492 of 499 | #96 of 99 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
521
-28 (-5%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 557
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 13.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 521 | 45 | 11.6:1 | 48% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 518 | 42.2 | 12.3:1 | 50% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 559 | 34.4 | 16.2:1 | 50% (280) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | 42 | 13.1:1 | 37% (202) |
| 2017-18 | 524 | 37.5 | 14.0:1 | 45% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 533 | 35 | 15.2:1 | 47% (253) |
| 2010-11 | 566 | 29 | 19.5:1 | 40% (227) |
| 2000-01 | 740 | 42 | 17.6:1 | 13% (94) |
| 1990-91 | 557 | 27 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (524 to 521); teachers up 20% (37.5 to 45).
About L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY
L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY is a large elementary school in HOPKINS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, located in MINNETONKA, Minnesota. The school enrolls 521 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Minnesota is about 344, so this school runs 51% larger than that.
HOPKINS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT is the local district for L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY. It runs 14 schools with 7,129 students.
L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 47%. Smaller groups are 28% Black, 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 6% Asian. County-wide, 66% of Hennepin County residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 68%.
L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY's 45 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Minnesota average 13.7:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 48%.
Measured against Minnesota public elementary schools, L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY falls in the middle 80% of Minnesota schools: 33.6% actual against 39.5% predicted.
L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY is located in Hennepin County, where median household income is about $97,653, roughly 54% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 496 public schools in Hennepin County, with a combined enrollment of about 177,509.
Hopkins High School is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY is 6th among 7 schools close by.
The NCES locale for L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 5%, from 549 to 521. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.1:1 to 11.6:1 over the same years.
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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 HOPKINS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- Hopkins High SchoolHigh · 2,003 students
- Hopkins North Middle SchoolMiddle · 866 students
- MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARYElementary · 792 students
- Hopkins West Middle SchoolMiddle · 574 students
- EISENHOWER ELEMENTARYElementary · 504 students
- ALICE SMITH ELEMENTARYElementary · 467 students
Other schools in MINNETONKA
- MINNETONKA SENIOR HIGHHigh · 3,514 students
- Hopkins High SchoolHigh · 2,003 students
- MINNETONKA EAST MIDDLEMiddle · 1,320 students
- SCENIC HEIGHTS ELEMENTARYElementary · 930 students
- GROVELAND ELEMENTARYElementary · 903 students
- Hopkins North Middle SchoolMiddle · 866 students
Nearby schools
- Hopkins High School0.3 mi · 2,003
- Hopkins North Middle School0.4 mi · 866
- PARK SPANISH IMMERSION ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 533
- School #5351.5 mi · 10
- WAYZATA EAST MIDDLE1.6 mi · 817
- AQUILA ELEMENTARY1.7 mi · 498
Frequently asked questions
About L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARYHow many students attend L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY?
L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 521 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY serve?
L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY is approximately 11.6:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY are roughly 47% White, 9% Hispanic, 28% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY in?
L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY is part of HOPKINS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.