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Enrollment
439
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 272124002296
Pillsbury Elementary
2250 GARFIELD ST NE, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55418 · (612) 668-1530 · Hennepin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL439 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
318 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 48%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 11 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
19.8%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
21.8%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
17.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Pillsbury Elementary
Pillsbury Elementary's state test result (17.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pillsbury Elementary this school | 439 | 72.4% | 17.5% |
| Gage Elementary School ROCHESTER | 412 | 73.3% | 15.3% |
| Marcy Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 415 | 68.9% | 24.5% |
| FOREST ELEMENTARY CRYSTAL | 464 | 67.9% | 25.4% |
| Stevenson Elementary FRIDLEY | 459 | 70.6% | 31.9% |
| NEILL ELEMENTARY CRYSTAL | 359 | 73.0% | 32.0% |
Matched among Minnesota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Pillsbury Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Hennepin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #779 of 844 | #137 of 169 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #742 of 844 | #127 of 169 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #783 of 844 | #140 of 169 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 439 | #407 of 1,130 | #94 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #62 of 769 | #18 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.4% | #43 of 796 | #16 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.4% | #143 of 942 | #57 of 183 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.4% | #69 of 244 | #12 of 50 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
439
+187 (+74%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 613
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 9.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 439 | 42.1 | 10.4:1 | 72% (318) |
| 2023-24 | 359 | 37.2 | 9.7:1 | 69% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 373 | 30.2 | 12.3:1 | 73% (271) |
| 2020-21 | 252 | 27 | 9.3:1 | 70% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 374 | 34.6 | 10.8:1 | 80% (299) |
| 2015-16 | 506 | 48 | 10.5:1 | 83% (418) |
| 2010-11 | 585 | 41 | 14.3:1 | 84% (490) |
| 2000-01 | 613 | 42 | 14.6:1 | 64% (392) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pillsbury Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (374 to 439); teachers up 22% (34.6 to 42.1).
About Pillsbury Elementary
Pillsbury Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school found in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota. School enrollment was 439 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Minnesota average about 344 students.
Besides Pillsbury Elementary, Minneapolis Public School District runs 85 other schools. The district enrolls 29,928 students.
Pillsbury Elementary has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 35%. Other reported shares: 27% White, 22% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 13% Black among all Hennepin County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 74% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Pillsbury Elementary total 42.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.4:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. The school counts 318 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 72%. Compared with the 43% average for public schools in Hennepin County, the school's rate is higher.
Measured against Minnesota public elementary schools, Pillsbury Elementary receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Pillsbury Elementary is 8.6 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 17.5% actual, 26.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Minnesota.
In the county around the school, Hennepin County, the median household income is $97,653, about 54% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Hennepin County is home to 496 public schools and about 177,509 public school students.
YINGHUA ACADEMY is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 46.2%, higher than Pillsbury Elementary's 17.5%.
Pillsbury Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Large.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 252 students at Pillsbury Elementary; in 2024-25, 439. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. The school's ratio rose from 9.3:1 to 10.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Hennepin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students
Quick facts
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- New City School1.3 mi · 351
Frequently asked questions
About Pillsbury ElementaryHow large is Pillsbury Elementary?
Pillsbury Elementary enrolls approximately 439 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Pillsbury Elementary serve?
Pillsbury Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Pillsbury Elementary?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Pillsbury Elementary.
How diverse is Pillsbury Elementary?
Pillsbury Elementary reports a student body of 27% White, 22% Hispanic, 35% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Pillsbury Elementary public or private?
Pillsbury Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Minneapolis Public School District.
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