Lucy Laney Elementary

Located at 3333 PENN AVE N, in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Lucy Laney Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary campus that works with 386 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Minneapolis Public School District.

Across the 86 schools in Minneapolis Public School District (29,928 students total), Lucy Laney Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Lucy Laney Elementary reports that 58% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder looks like 16% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 8% White, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Lucy Laney Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Hennepin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Lucy Laney Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 17.7%; this one delivers 12.8%.

In the surrounding community, Hennepin County reports 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. Lucy Laney Elementary is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hmong International Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lucy Laney Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lucy Laney Elementary at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 14.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 10%: 429 students in 2018 compared to 386 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 85% to 58% across the same window.

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