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Minneapolis, Minnesota - 2 schools
An equity score of 73/100 ranks Hennepin Schools #59 of 410 districts in Minnesota (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,397 per pupil, Hennepin Schools ranks #59 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
387
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$18,397
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 $18,397 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 504 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 73/100, ranked #59 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 dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Hennepin Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 95.5% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
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.