Loring Elementary

Set in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Loring Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school, one of the schools within Minneapolis Public School District. It enrolls 321 students across grades pre-K through 5.

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

Demographically, Loring Elementary records that the largest single group is Black at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 23% White, 15% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 7% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Loring Elementary records 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Around 69% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Hennepin County's rate of about 43%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Loring Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.4%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Hennepin County indicate median household earnings sit near $97,653, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which Loring Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Camden High, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Loring Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Loring Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 12.9%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Loring Elementary's enrollment has edged down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 408 (now 321). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 31% to 23%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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