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Ella Baker Elementary

Q: Is Ella Baker Elementary a good school?

Ella Baker Elementary ranks in the bottom 3.0% of Minnesota elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend Ella Baker Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 512 students attended Ella Baker Elementary.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Ella Baker Elementary?

Students at Ella Baker Elementary are 40% Hispanic, 34% African American, 10% White, 9% Two or more races, 5% American Indian, 3% Asian.

Public, Magnet Grades PK, KG-8

846^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 872 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Better than 3% of Minnesota elementary schools

Summary

Ella Baker Elementary is a public magnet school in Minneapolis, Minnesota, serving grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 575 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.

Ella Baker Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom 20% of Minnesota elementary schools over the past 10 years, with a statewide ranking between 808 and 846 out of around 870 schools. The school has received a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past several years, indicating very poor performance compared to other schools in the state. Ella Baker Elementary significantly underperforms the district and the state in both math and reading proficiency across all grade levels, with particularly low math proficiency rates ranging from 3.33% to 23.08% compared to the district's 29.66% to 44.76% and the state's 40.10% to 57.93%.

The nearby Green Central Elementary, Bryn Mawr Elementary, Whittier Elementary, Kenwood Elementary, and Emerson Elementary generally outperform Ella Baker Elementary in academic proficiency, with higher percentages of students meeting or exceeding state standards in math and reading. For example, Kenwood Elementary, located just 0.76 miles from Ella Baker, has significantly higher proficiency rates in both math (45.4%) and reading (37.64%) for the 2024-2025 school year, compared to Ella Baker's 9.55% in math and 13.2% in reading.

512

Students ?

9.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,075

Per pupil spending ?

82.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1200 W 26th St
Minneapolis, MN 55405-8888

(612) 668-2720

District: Minneapolis Public School District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

40.0%

African American:

33.6%

White:

10.0%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 1st percentile in 2015 → 3rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 9 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Minnesota average (11% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (3rd percentile)

!Reading scores 36 pts below the Minnesota average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school11%

District avg38%

Minnesota avg47%

Elementary school

846^th of 872

Minnesota public elementary schools ?

Bottom 3%▲ up 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

503^rd of 519

Minnesota public middle schools ?

Bottom 3%▼ down 3 pts since 2015

From bottom 6% (2015) to bottom 3% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

23^rd 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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	4.2	846 of 872	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.8	844 of 881	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.1	808 of 845	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.3	831 of 858	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	4.7	820 of 869	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	3.8	836 of 870	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	2.8	820 of 847	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	1.6	832 of 853	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	1.3	835 of 848	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	1.1	830 of 840	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	1.4	813 of 826	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	2.8	798 of 824	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	1.6	800 of 820	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	3.4	783 of 814	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	4.7	766 of 803	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	5.6	415 of 434	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	10.3	727 of 781	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	13.7	713 of 777	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	20.5	672 of 756	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	5.1	658 of 685	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	2.7	652 of 676	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2003	5.9	637 of 674	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	15.6	270 of 298	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.9	292 of 310	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.2	240 of 279	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.9	229 of 282	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.4	215 of 283	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.4	231 of 266	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	24.7	257 of 303	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.1	253 of 303	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.2	237 of 276	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.4	215 of 256	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	28.9	145 of 175	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.2	218 of 239	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	23.6	221 of 242	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	6.9	753 of 799	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.5	775 of 809	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.5	739 of 787	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.1	742 of 799	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	6.6	729 of 783	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	3.4	768 of 787	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	2.6	755 of 774	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	11.0	230 of 238	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.7	237 of 249	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.0	211 of 214	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.7	207 of 209	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	21.2	131 of 153	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.6	213 of 219	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.5	218 of 220	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	6.9	743 of 764	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.1	765 of 793	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.4	747 of 774	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.2	641 of 663	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	12.2	640 of 683	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.3	700 of 740	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.0	703 of 728	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	2.5	802 of 812	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	3.9	799 of 826	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	2.7	785 of 799	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	3.0	794 of 808	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.1	758 of 798	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	3.7	749 of 779	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2024	25.6	451 of 572	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.6	474 of 524	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.5	500 of 500	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.0	495 of 515	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	5.8	503 of 519	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.0	521 of 545	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.1	514 of 529	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.3	503 of 520	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.3	492 of 521	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	4.1	514 of 533	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	1.5	511 of 518	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	2.8	506 of 523	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	2.9	487 of 508	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	5.5	483 of 516	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	7.1	451 of 490	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	14.3	431 of 488	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	11.8	420 of 469	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	13.5	426 of 478	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	17.9	400 of 454	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	16.9	208 of 230	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	23.2	359 of 409	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	19.2	360 of 403	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	26.4	348 of 406	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	14.4	359 of 396	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	2.8	363 of 387	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	17.6	150 of 169	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.7	157 of 179	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.0	154 of 164	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	19.4	142 of 162	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.5	142 of 148	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.9	137 of 137	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	25.4	142 of 153	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	28.9	138 of 158	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.3	126 of 133	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	29.4	111 of 130	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.8	112 of 120	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	23.8	106 of 109	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	5.7	436 of 450	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.2	451 of 474	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.6	435 of 455	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	3.8	465 of 467	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.7	419 of 443	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	3.9	429 of 439	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	0.9	435 of 436	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	8.4	172 of 175	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.0	182 of 186	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.2	177 of 178	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.0	187 of 188	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	24.7	131 of 156	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	12.8	169 of 171	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	5.9	161 of 163	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2024	42.2	16 of 30	46.7%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	7.1	422 of 432	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.2	453 of 473	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.5	447 of 459	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.6	400 of 404	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	16.3	371 of 399	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.6	404 of 415	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	3.8	394 of 401	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	4.9	441 of 452	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.6	464 of 479	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.3	455 of 464	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.0	448 of 476	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	4.6	429 of 437	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	4.4	442 of 454	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	1.9	432 of 438	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Minnesota percentile	Rating
2025	8.6	264 of 265	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	15.1	290 of 307	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.6	287 of 298	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	23.6	233 of 288	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.2	265 of 282	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Elementary school

Special Education (2024)21st percentile+17 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)15th percentile+12 vs school

African American (2025)9th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2025)6th percentile+3 vs school

Hispanic (2025)3rd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)3rd percentile~ school

Male (2025)1st percentile~ school

Middle school

Homeless (2024)47th percentile+42 vs school

African American (2025)11th percentile+8 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)7th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2025)3rd percentile~ school

Male (2025)2nd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)2nd percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)2nd percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)<1st percentile-3 vs school

By subject vs Minnesota (2024-2025) ?

Reading13%-36 vs state

Math10%-36 vs state

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Sunday, January 23, 2011

I have gone to Jefferson for 7 years now and it has the best teachers and all of the students are nice. I'm in the 8th grade and I know all of the 7th graders and most of the 6th graders. We are a small school so the teachers really get to know the students. When you and in 6th grade you get to go to valley fair at the end of the year the 7th grader's also get to go to valley fair Not only do the & graders get to got to valley fair but you get to got to a camp called camp wiji for four days.The 8th graders get to go to the black hills wich i am really looking foward to. jefferson also has a girls softball team that the 6th 7th and 8th graders can join. Close Quote

Schools Near Ella Baker 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
Ella Baker Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	1200 W 26th St	Minneapolis	55405	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(612) 668-2720	512	55	9.3	82.6%	51 (10.0%)	172 (33.6%)	205 (40.0%)	13 (2.5%)	27 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (8.6%)	4.2	846^th of 872 public elementary schools	3.0%		4.8	844^th of 881 public elementary schools	4.2%	2	12.9	23.1	8.5	3.3	9.5	4.7	9.6	7.9	15.4	16.7	13.1	20.0	7.7	13.2	$19,075
Whittier Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	315 West 26th St	Minneapolis	55404	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(612) 668-4170	491	43	11.3	85.3%	61 (12.4%)	147 (29.9%)	218 (44.4%)	11 (2.2%)	10 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (9.0%)	3.9	850^th of 872 public elementary schools	2.5%		3.9	856^th of 881 public elementary schools	2.8%	6	9.0	8.2	10.3				9.1	10.1	11.9	21.8				14.3	$15,943
Kenwood Elementary	Public	K-5	2013 Penn Ave S	Minneapolis	55405	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	No	(612) 668-2760	388	28	13.7	52.3%	166 (42.8%)	85 (21.9%)	63 (16.2%)	20 (5.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (13.4%)	38	585^th of 872 public elementary schools	32.9%		49.8	494^th of 881 public elementary schools	43.9%	91	44.3	55.6	36.0				45.4	35.6	43.6	34.0				37.6	$12,011
Loveworks Academy For Arts	Public, Charter	K-8	900 Mount Curve Avenue	Minneapolis	55403	Hennepin County	Loveworks Academy For Arts	Yes	No	No	Yes	(763) 522-6830	0	9	17.2		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)															$19,608
Emerson Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1421 Spruce Place	Minneapolis	55403	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(612) 668-3610	491	43	11.3	57.4%	121 (24.6%)	28 (5.7%)	306 (62.3%)	2 (0.4%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.7%)	18.1	727^th of 872 public elementary schools	16.6%		20.8	719^th of 881 public elementary schools	18.4%	8	32.6	42.4	16.3				30.7	22.1	28.2	35.0				28.3	$14,384
Lyndale Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	312 West 34th St	Minneapolis	55408	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(612) 668-4000	466	41	11.2	79.2%	88 (18.9%)	132 (28.3%)	208 (44.6%)	7 (1.5%)	5 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (5.4%)	19.3	716^th of 872 public elementary schools	17.9%		15.9	756^th of 881 public elementary schools	14.2%	40	32.8	32.1	21.7				28.7	29.9	27.1	38.6				32.1	$14,936
Green Central Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	3416 4th Ave S	Minneapolis	55408	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(612) 668-3730	594	45	13.2	54.9%	167 (28.1%)	5 (0.8%)	394 (66.3%)	4 (0.7%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.0%)	29.3	655^th of 872 public elementary schools	24.9%		28.1	667^th of 881 public elementary schools	24.3%	12	40.5	45.5	25.9				37.5	32.5	40.9	32.5				35.5	$22,453
Bryn Mawr Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	252 Upton Ave S	Minneapolis	55405	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(612) 668-2500	431	45	9.5	83.1%	52 (12.1%)	210 (48.7%)	66 (15.3%)	44 (10.2%)	15 (3.5%)	1 (0.2%)	43 (10.0%)	11.1	782^nd of 872 public elementary schools	10.3%		7.4	815^th of 881 public elementary schools	7.5%	33	30.7	27.9	17.2				25.4	20.6	19.4	25.9				21.9	$18,390
Cosmos Montessori	Public, Charter	PK, KG-4	310 E 38th St	Minneapolis	55409	Hennepin County	Minnesota Wildflower Montessori School	Yes	No	No	No	(612) 444-2236	21	3	7.0	23.8%	14 (66.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (33.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)															$42,119
Early Childhood Special Education	Public	PK-K	3320 Elliot Ave S	Minneapolis	55407	Hennepin County	Minneapolis Public School District	No	No	No	No	(612) 668-5100	573	52	11.0	54.1%	282 (49.2%)	115 (20.1%)	135 (23.6%)	15 (2.6%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.8%)								(n/a)															$34,559

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Is Ella Baker Elementary a good school?

Ella Baker Elementary ranks in the bottom 3.0% of Minnesota elementary schools.

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Minneapolis Public School District

How many students attend Ella Baker Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 512 students attended Ella Baker Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Ella Baker Elementary?

Students at Ella Baker Elementary are 40% Hispanic, 34% African American, 10% White, 9% Two or more races, 5% American Indian, 3% Asian.

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