Longfellow Elementary School

Longfellow Elementary School is an elementary-level community of close-knit scale in ROCHESTER, Minnesota, operated by Rochester Public School District, works with 265 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 23% leaner than the state mean of about 344.

Within Rochester Public School District, which oversees 44 schools and 17,171 students, Longfellow Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Longfellow Elementary School logs that 55% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 17% Black, 17% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Roughly 37% of students at Longfellow Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Longfellow Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.5%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Olmsted County) shows that median household earnings sit near $95,406, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Longfellow Elementary School is one of 72 public schools in Olmsted County (combined enrollment of about 24,627 students).

The closest other public school is Pinewood Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Longfellow Elementary School comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 19%: 327 students in 2018 compared to 265 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 9% to 17% across the same window.

On allk12, the feed for Longfellow Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.