SONNESYN ELEMENTARY

SONNESYN ELEMENTARY is one of the average-sized elementary campuss in NEW HOPE, Minnesota, part of ROBBINSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 313 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

ROBBINSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 10,821 students. SONNESYN ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, SONNESYN ELEMENTARY lists that the largest single group is Black at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 24% White, 18% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 75% of students at SONNESYN ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hennepin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, SONNESYN ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.9%, the actual is 21.6%, a residual of -3.2 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Hennepin County put median household income runs about $97,653, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. SONNESYN ELEMENTARY is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).

The closest other public school is Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion El., roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SONNESYN ELEMENTARY. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SONNESYN ELEMENTARY ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.1%.

SONNESYN ELEMENTARY operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SONNESYN ELEMENTARY has fell 36%, going from 489 students in 2018 to 313 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 40% to 24% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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