Le Sueur-Henderson Elementary

Le Sueur-Henderson Elementary is a K-5 school of reasonably sized scale in LE SUEUR, Minnesota, one of the schools within LE SUEUR-HENDERSON SCHOOL DISTRICT, educateing 390 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Le Sueur-Henderson Elementary is one of 4 schools operated by LE SUEUR-HENDERSON SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that enrolls 1,134 students overall.

Demographically, Le Sueur-Henderson Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 23% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Le Sueur County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Le Sueur County's rate of about 32%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Le Sueur-Henderson Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.0%.

In the broader community, Le Sueur County reports that median household earnings sit near $94,968, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Le Sueur County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,869 students), Le Sueur-Henderson Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Le Sueur-Henderson Middle/High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Le Sueur-Henderson Elementary at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 36.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Le Sueur-Henderson Elementary has climbed 27%, going from 308 students in 2018 to 390 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 16% to 23% over that span.

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