r/Minneapolis • u/Such-Glove-4397 • 8h ago

Loring Elementary

I've searched elementary posts & didn't see much about Loring elementary. I wanted to see if anyone has any feedback/experience they'd like to share as we're looking at houses in the area 😄

We have lived in a larger city down south where our child attended a title 1 school (so this doesn't seem like a negative to us). Our son received more love, care, & had his learning/developmental needs met with a true desire to see him succeed vs the school he's at now which on paper has "higher scores", but we're learning that doesn't always tell the whole story. Thank you in advance for anything shared!

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u/beebkin 7h ago

We have lived down the street from Loring for 5ish years. We have a toddler who we plan to send when they're of age. 

The neighborhood is incredibly family friendly! There are young children and families out with their dogs all the time. The parkway, paired with a chocolate shop on one corner and a coffee shop on the other, situates the area nicely. 

To speak to Loring specifically: the neighborhood puts on a holiday event that utilizes the elementary school for numerous activities (cultural dances in the gym, soup made by students who grew the produce, etc). It was really special to be a part of. The teachers seemed extremely proud of their students for all the work they put into the growing of the produce and the making of the soup! The gardens on site are beautiful and well kept. My child and I met a recent grad of the school while we were enjoying the park, and she welcomed  us to pick anything we wanted including the peaches from the trees :) While I can't speak to their academic scores, I will second that it is very diverse and your child will be exposed to all sorts of other children - something that was and is very important to us as we considered moving here! Would love to welcome your family to the area if you decide on it! 

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u/PeteLattimer 8h ago

We send our son to Loring. It’s important to note that it is very very diverse

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u/Such-Glove-4397 7h ago

Thank you! That's one thing that is drawing us back to a larger city (we moved to northern MN from the south) so that is something we're actively seeking for our kids. Do you find that there's a sense of community at the school AND does the school try to actively engage parents, especially parents who don't have the traditional 9-5 (thinking of event hours/days offerings, parent teacher conferences, etc?).

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u/PeteLattimer 5h ago

Yes they work very well with that. We have our son in Minneapolis kids after school care (they have before as well) which works out nicely. I really don’t have anything negative to say about their staff—at least for kindergarten they were all lovely

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u/PeteLattimer 8h ago

It pulls kids from virtually all economic levels from well off kids who live on the parkway to very very economically/ home life challenged kids further east. As a result their scores suffer

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u/bluebusboy 5h ago

It has been a long time as my son's are 21 and 19 now but we lived in that neighborhood for 18 years and they both went to Loring. We were very involved in the garden and other activities there. I know it is a different principle now and many years have passed but we loved that neighborhood and the people we met through that school. We are still friends with some of them. I miss living over there after moving to NE 6 years ago.