An equity score of 74/100 ranks Hennepin Schools #53 of 410 districts in Minnesota (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,848 per pupil, Hennepin Schools ranks #42 of 509 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
387
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$20,848
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Hennepin Schools operates 2 public schools serving 387 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Hennepin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,848 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 51 of 509 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending. See how Minnesota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 4.3% local, 80.2% state, and 15.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 74/100, ranked #53 of 410 in Minnesota against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 22.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.1% African American, 17.7% Hispanic or Latino, 7.0% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Hennepin Schools Lower Campus, enrolling 240 students (54% of the district's total enrollment).
Hennepin Schools Lower Campus accounts for 53.7% of all Hennepin Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Hennepin Schools a distant remainder — means Hennepin Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Hennepin Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 22.1% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Hennepin Schools is typically wider than the Hennepin Schools-aggregate figure suggests.