Windom Elementary

Windom Elementary is an elementary-level community of mid-sized scale in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, overseen by Minneapolis Public School District, serveing 369 students in grades K through 5.

Windom Elementary is one of 86 schools operated by Minneapolis Public School District, a district that hosts 29,928 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Windom Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 58%. Beyond that, the school logs 17% Hispanic, 15% Black, 8% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

In terms of school funding signals, Windom Elementary records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.8:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Windom Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 44.8%; this one delivers 57.8%, a residual of +12.9 points.

In the area at large, census data for Hennepin County shows median household income runs about $97,653, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hennepin County runs 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), of which Windom Elementary is one.

Kenny Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Windom Elementary. On composite proficiency, Windom Elementary comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 50.2%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Windom Elementary's enrollment has decreased 37% since 2018, when it stood at 583 (now 369). Hispanic enrollment moved from 48% to 17% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

On this page, the feed for Windom Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.