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Bethune Elementary

Q: Is Bethune Elementary a good school?

Bethune Elementary ranks in the bottom 1.0% of Minnesota elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend Bethune Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 213 students attended Bethune Elementary.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Bethune Elementary?

Students at Bethune Elementary are 73% African American, 11% Hispanic, 7% White, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more races, 2% American Indian.

Public, Magnet Grades PK, KG-5

863^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 872 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Better than 1% of Minnesota elementary schools

Summary

Bethune Elementary is a public magnet elementary school in Minneapolis, Minnesota, serving grades PK-5 with an enrollment of 233 students. The school is part of the Minneapolis Public School District, which is ranked 300 out of 446 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Bethune Elementary consistently ranks among the lowest-performing elementary schools in Minnesota, with proficiency rates on standardized tests significantly below the district and state averages across all grades and subjects. The school struggles to support its special education and other subgroup populations, ranking in the bottom 20-30% of Minnesota elementary schools for the performance of its female, male, African American, special education, and low-socioeconomic status students. Despite its low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 9.5 to 10.4 students per teacher, the school has been a low-performing institution for many years with no improvement in its statewide ranking or proficiency rates.

Interestingly, Bethune Elementary is located in close proximity to several other elementary schools, including Hall Academy Elementary, MPS Online K-5, and several charter schools, which generally outperform Bethune Elementary on academic measures. This suggests that families in the area may have better educational options available, despite the challenges faced by Bethune Elementary in serving its student population, which includes a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds.

213

Students ?

7.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,747

Per pupil spending ?

88.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

919 Emerson Ave N
Minneapolis, MN 55411-8888

(612) 668-2550

District: Minneapolis Public School District

Racial breakdown:

African American:

73.2%

Hispanic:

10.8%

White:

7.0%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — <1st percentile in 2015 → 1st in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 8 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Minnesota average (7% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (1st percentile)

!Math scores 41 pts below the Minnesota average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school7%

District avg38%

Minnesota avg47%

863^rd of 872

Minnesota public elementary schools ?

Bottom 1%▲ up 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

28^th of 29Elementary Schools in the Minneapolis Public School District

300^th of 446Minneapolis Public School District among Minnesota districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	2.7	863 of 872	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	3.0	865 of 881	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	3.0	830 of 845	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	1.8	852 of 858	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	2.7	855 of 869	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	2.4	851 of 870	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	1.7	834 of 847	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	1.4	834 of 853	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	0.7	841 of 848	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	0.5	836 of 840	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	0.6	821 of 826	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	0.8	819 of 824	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	0.2	817 of 820	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	0.8	807 of 814	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	0.4	798 of 803	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	0.0	433 of 434	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	0.4	773 of 781	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	9.3	731 of 777	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	1.2	744 of 756	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	8.6	646 of 685	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	2.0	659 of 676	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2003	3.7	642 of 674	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	9.4	291 of 298	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.3	284 of 310	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.5	267 of 279	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.2	278 of 282	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	11.7	219 of 227	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.9	258 of 283	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.7	247 of 266	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	3.0	790 of 799	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	3.8	792 of 809	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	3.0	775 of 787	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	1.7	796 of 799	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	1.5	782 of 783	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	1.5	782 of 787	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	1.8	764 of 774	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2024	31.0	5 of 10	50.0%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	4.4	759 of 764	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.4	787 of 793	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.2	757 of 774	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.8	660 of 663	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.1	667 of 683	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.4	717 of 740	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	5.4	715 of 728	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	2.7	799 of 812	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	2.7	813 of 826	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	3.1	781 of 799	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	2.2	799 of 808	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	3.7	757 of 784	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	4.1	769 of 798	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	2.2	765 of 779	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2024	23.0	470 of 572	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.6	482 of 515	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.2	438 of 463	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Homeless (2024)50th percentile+48 vs school

Special Education (2024)18th percentile+16 vs school

African American (2025)2nd percentile~ school

Male (2025)2nd percentile~ school

Female (2025)1st percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)1st percentile~ school

By subject vs Minnesota (2024-2025) ?

Reading10%-40 vs state

Math4%-41 vs state

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Schools Near Bethune Elementary

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCA-III Math (2025)							MCA-III Reading (2025)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-III Math 3rd Grade	MCA-III Math 4th Grade	MCA-III Math 5th Grade	MCA-III Math 6th Grade	MCA-III Math 7th Grade	MCA-III Math 8th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	MCA-III Reading 3rd Grade	MCA-III Reading 4th Grade	MCA-III Reading 5th Grade	MCA-III Reading 6th Grade	MCA-III Reading 7th Grade	MCA-III Reading 8th Grade	MCA-III Reading All Grades	Total
Bethune Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	919 Emerson Ave N	Minneapolis	55411	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(612) 668-2550	213	28	7.7	88.3%	15 (7.0%)	156 (73.2%)	23 (10.8%)	7 (3.3%)	5 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.3%)	2.7	863^rd of 872 public elementary schools	1.0%		3	865^th of 881 public elementary schools	1.8%	2	7.4	0.0	6.5				3.9	0.0	4.4	25.8				9.7	$19,747
Wakanda Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter	K-8	1300 Olson Memorial Hwy	Minneapolis	55411	Hennepin County	Best Academy	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(612) 876-4105	282	9	31.3	87.6%	0 (0.0%)	278 (98.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	22.1	698^th of 872 public elementary schools	20.0%		8.5	806^th of 881 public elementary schools	8.5%	108	32.4	30.3	29.3	3.7	15.2	17.9	22.6	32.4	15.2	46.3	42.9	33.3	46.4	36.0
Mastery School	Public, Charter	K-5	1301 7th Ave N	Minneapolis	55411	Hennepin County	Best Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(612) 876-4105	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Best Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	1300 Olson Memorial Hwy	Minneapolis	55411	Hennepin County	Best Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(612) 381-9743	508	33	15.3	92.5%	0 (0.0%)	474 (93.3%)	12 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.1%)	9.3	797^th of 872 public elementary schools	8.6%		17.5	742^nd of 881 public elementary schools	15.8%	55	23.8	21.3	12.5	10.3	10.2	32.5	18.5	19.1	17.4	34.7	25.0	19.6	41.5	25.5	$18,702
SET Academy Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	620 Olson Memorial Hwy	Minneapolis	55411	Hennepin County	Metro Schools Charter	Yes	No	No	No	(612) 722-2555	463	17	27.2	96.5%	0 (0.0%)	452 (97.6%)	9 (1.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55.9	416^th of 872 public elementary schools	52.3%		55.3	433^rd of 881 public elementary schools	50.9%	17	58.8	46.2	45.8				50.0	52.6	50.9	48.4				50.6
Online SET Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter	K-5	620 Olson Memorial Hwy	Minneapolis	55411	Hennepin County	Metro Schools Charter	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(612) 722-2555	114	0		89.5%	0 (0.0%)	114 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Twin Cities International Schools	Public, Charter	K-5	277 12th Ave N	Minneapolis	55401	Hennepin County	Twin Cities International Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(612) 821-6470	595	39	15.1	99.3%	0 (0.0%)	594 (99.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21.8	702^nd of 872 public elementary schools	19.5%		15.9	757^th of 881 public elementary schools	14.1%	55	47.5	45.7	11.2				34.5	25.7	22.1	37.4				28.5	$7,272
Hall Academy Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1601 Aldrich Ave N	Minneapolis	55411	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(612) 668-2650	234	26	8.9	94.0%	10 (4.3%)	124 (53.0%)	41 (17.5%)	24 (10.3%)	7 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (12.0%)	7	820^th of 872 public elementary schools	6.0%		5.1	840^th of 881 public elementary schools	4.7%	20	11.1	16.0	21.4				16.3	3.7	16.0	25.0				15.0	$22,236
MPS Online K-5	Public, Virtual	K-5	1250 W Broadway Ave	Minneapolis	55411	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	Yes	No	(612) 668-0726	67	13	5.1	86.6%	8 (11.9%)	30 (44.8%)	8 (11.9%)	5 (7.5%)	8 (11.9%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (11.9%)								(n/a)							0.0							10.0
Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	807 27th Ave N	Minneapolis	55411	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(612) 668-2930	304	26	11.6	96.7%	28 (9.2%)	150 (49.3%)	84 (27.6%)	6 (2.0%)	8 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (9.2%)	3	859^th of 872 public elementary schools	1.5%		2.2	877^th of 881 public elementary schools	0.5%	18	7.8	6.3	5.0				6.5	11.8	6.1	22.5				12.9	$20,041

Frequently Asked Questions about Bethune Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Bethune Elementary?

Students at Bethune Elementary are 73% African American, 11% Hispanic, 7% White, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more races, 2% American Indian.

Is Bethune Elementary a good school?

Bethune Elementary ranks in the bottom 1.0% of Minnesota elementary schools.

What district is Bethune Elementary in?

Minneapolis Public School District

How many students attend Bethune Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 213 students attended Bethune Elementary.

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