Sullivan Elementary

Sullivan Elementary, a sprawling primary school in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, part of Minneapolis Public School District, serves 640 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 344 students per school, that is 86% larger than typical.

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

Demographically, Sullivan Elementary logs that Black students make up the majority at 65%. Other groups include 11% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Native American. By comparison, Hennepin County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Sullivan Elementary lists 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Sullivan Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Hennepin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sullivan Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 19.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 18.0%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Hennepin County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $97,653 per year, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sullivan Elementary is one of 496 public schools in Hennepin County (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students).

Nearest neighbor: Anishinabe Academy Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sullivan Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 21.3%.

Sullivan Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 651 students in 2018 compared to 640 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 82% to 65% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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