L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY

L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY is a sizable K-5 school in MINNETONKA, Minnesota, run under HOPKINS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school hosts 521 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 51% bigger than the state mean of about 344.

L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY is one of 14 schools operated by HOPKINS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that educates 7,129 students overall.

On demographics, L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY shows that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 28% Black, 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY lists 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.5%, the actual is 33.6%, a residual of -5.9 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Hennepin County put median household income runs about $97,653, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY is one.

The closest other public school is Hopkins High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY. On composite proficiency, L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 55.8%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY has changed only slightly, going from 524 students in 2018 to 521 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share edged down from 14% to 6%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

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