Article #29 in a Series >>>>> Academic and General School Profiles >>>>> PreK-8 Schools >>>> Lake Nokomis (Wenonah)

This is the twentieth in a series of articles profiling the PreK-8 schools of the Minneapolis Public Schools, which include those sites featuring grades PreK-5, K-5, PreK-8, and K-8.  These articles provide information concerning academic performance, student population data, and contact information.  This and many other recent and looming articles foreshadow matters covered in my book, Understanding the Minneapolis Public Schools:  Current Condition, Future Prospect, due in complete form very soon, in November 2018.

 

There are forty-three (43) PreK-8 schools in the Minneapolis Public Schools.

 

Here is the profile for Lake Nokomis (Wenonah):

Academic Performance

 

 

Percentage of Students Proficient on the

Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs),

Academic Years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

 

Lake Nokomis

 

2014     2015     2016     2017

 

Math                       54%     52%       51%      45%

Reading                  47%     47%       51%      47%

Science                   43%     37%       31%       40%

 

Student Population

 

Enrollment:  not tabulated as yet by MPS officials

 

                                                Percentage of                   Percentage of

                                                Enrollment at Site           Enrollment

Districtwide

 

Native American                       3%                                      4%

African American                    14%                                     36%

Asian American                         5%                                       6%

Hispanic American                 14%                                     20%

White American                     64%                                     34%

 

English Learners                      10%                                     24%

Receiving Free or                   37%                                     63%

         Reduced Price Lunch

Receiving Special                   10%                                     14%

         Education Services

 

Contact Information

 

5209 30^th Avenue South

Minneapolis  MN  55410

Grades K-2

Principal:  Lashawn Ray

Hours:  9:35 AM-4:05 PM

Phone:  612-668-5040

FAX:       612-668-5050

Email:  lashawn.ray@mpls.k12.mn.us

Website:  lakenokomis.mpls.k12.mn.us